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World's Most Amazing Floating Villages You Should Visit At Least Once
The world's floating villages remind us that Earth contains far more possibilities than we typically imagine.
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Myanmar Currency Drops 60%, Economy Plummets After Military Coup
Myanmar's currency, the kyat, has lost more than 60% of its value since the beginning of September, in a collapse that has driven up food and fuel prices, within an economy that has tanked since a military coup eight months ago.
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3 Protesters Killed As Myanmar Workers Go On Strike
Three anti-coup protesters were shot dead in Myanmar on Monday as demonstrators across the country sought to paralyse the economy with strike action following a weekend of night raids and arrests.
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Shops And Factories Closed, Sarongs Waved As Protests Intensify In Myanmar
Shops, factories and banks were closed in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Monday after major trade unions called for a shutdown of the economy as part of the uprising against the country's military rulers.
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RSS 'Diwali Baithak' To Discuss Economy, Rohingya Issue And Cow Vigilantism
The state of the economy, exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar and violence by self-styled cow vigilantes are some of the issues likely to be discussed at the three-day meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS in Bhopal beginning today.
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India-Myanmar Road Pact in March to Boost Economy: Nitin Gadkari
India will sign a road agreement with Myanmar and Thailand in March next in an attempt to link the North-East to the two East-Asian countries, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.
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PM Modi's 'Make in India' Pitch Gets Thai Prime Minister's Support
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong 'Make in India' pitch today got the full support of his Thai counterpart Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha who said this concept can also be applied to drive the economy of his country.
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Myanmar Grants First Licences to Foreign Banks in Decades
Myanmar's central bank on Wednesday announced that it had granted "preliminary approval" for nine foreign lenders to operate in the country for the first time in decades, the latest tentative opening of the long-isolated economy.
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In Myanmar Shops, Old Tyres Find Many New Lives
The air in the dark, dingy room is thick with the acrid smell of rubber. Aung Nyunt and a half-dozen other workers toil away there day and night, turning discarded tyres into flip-flops, buckets and hard-to-find spare parts for used cars.
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Myanmar Needs Broad Reforms to Keep Growth Rapid: International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund said Myanmar's economy is expected to build on already rapid growth but that momentum was at risk unless broad reforms are undertaken.
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Ditching Clunkers, Car Imports Drive Myanmar Oil Demand
Myanmar businessman Lay has doubled the number of cars he owns to six in just three years, as reforms in Southeast Asia's poorest country unleash a wave of consumer spending.
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Suu Kyi calls for 'healthy skepticism' on Myanmar
Myanmar's opposition leader and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the international community to exercise "healthy skepticism" as her country sheds half a century of military rule.
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World's Most Amazing Floating Villages You Should Visit At Least Once
The world's floating villages remind us that Earth contains far more possibilities than we typically imagine.
-
Myanmar Currency Drops 60%, Economy Plummets After Military Coup
Myanmar's currency, the kyat, has lost more than 60% of its value since the beginning of September, in a collapse that has driven up food and fuel prices, within an economy that has tanked since a military coup eight months ago.
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3 Protesters Killed As Myanmar Workers Go On Strike
Three anti-coup protesters were shot dead in Myanmar on Monday as demonstrators across the country sought to paralyse the economy with strike action following a weekend of night raids and arrests.
-
Shops And Factories Closed, Sarongs Waved As Protests Intensify In Myanmar
Shops, factories and banks were closed in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Monday after major trade unions called for a shutdown of the economy as part of the uprising against the country's military rulers.
-
RSS 'Diwali Baithak' To Discuss Economy, Rohingya Issue And Cow Vigilantism
The state of the economy, exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar and violence by self-styled cow vigilantes are some of the issues likely to be discussed at the three-day meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS in Bhopal beginning today.
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India-Myanmar Road Pact in March to Boost Economy: Nitin Gadkari
India will sign a road agreement with Myanmar and Thailand in March next in an attempt to link the North-East to the two East-Asian countries, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.
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PM Modi's 'Make in India' Pitch Gets Thai Prime Minister's Support
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong 'Make in India' pitch today got the full support of his Thai counterpart Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha who said this concept can also be applied to drive the economy of his country.
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Myanmar Grants First Licences to Foreign Banks in Decades
Myanmar's central bank on Wednesday announced that it had granted "preliminary approval" for nine foreign lenders to operate in the country for the first time in decades, the latest tentative opening of the long-isolated economy.
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In Myanmar Shops, Old Tyres Find Many New Lives
The air in the dark, dingy room is thick with the acrid smell of rubber. Aung Nyunt and a half-dozen other workers toil away there day and night, turning discarded tyres into flip-flops, buckets and hard-to-find spare parts for used cars.
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Myanmar Needs Broad Reforms to Keep Growth Rapid: International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund said Myanmar's economy is expected to build on already rapid growth but that momentum was at risk unless broad reforms are undertaken.
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Ditching Clunkers, Car Imports Drive Myanmar Oil Demand
Myanmar businessman Lay has doubled the number of cars he owns to six in just three years, as reforms in Southeast Asia's poorest country unleash a wave of consumer spending.
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Suu Kyi calls for 'healthy skepticism' on Myanmar
Myanmar's opposition leader and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the international community to exercise "healthy skepticism" as her country sheds half a century of military rule.
