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Ethnic and resistance forces in Myanmar have completely blocked a key trade route to China, halting cross-border commerce and further damaging Myanmar's already struggling economy. The Mandalay-Lashio ...
News Myanmar » Mandalay » Economy: Myanmar’s economy to contract by 1% this year on conflict, floods: World Bank
Myanmar’s economy is expected to shrink by 1% this year as war and disastrous flooding compound an already dire financial crisis, the World Bank said on Wednesday, as it downgraded its outlook for ...
News Myanmar » Mandalay » Economy: Photos: Myanmar motorists queue for hours as fuel shortages persist
Residents in northern Myanmar’s Mandalay city and Taunggyi city in Shan state have been queuing all day and – in some instances – overnight to keep their spot in line for the limited amount of ...
News Myanmar » Mandalay » Economy: Myanmar’s Economy Shrank 2 Percent in Year to March, Report Says
Myanmar’s economy is set to shrink by 2 percent this financial year, due to the effects of intensifying conflict and economic mismanagement by the military junta, according to the latest Myanmar ...
News Myanmar » Mandalay » Economy: Exclusive: Myanmar’s Dictator Wants to Rebuild Ties With the West
In his first Western media interview since seizing power, Min Aung Hlaing makes his case for engagement as Myanmar’s civil war grinds on.
News Myanmar » Mandalay » Economy: As Inflation Soars, Myanmar Shop Owners Are Jailed for Raising Wages
Myanmar’s junta, facing a growing popular rebellion, has plunged the country into economic crisis, reversing gains from a decade of civilian leadership. By Richard C. Paddock With Myanmar’s currency ...
News Myanmar » Mandalay » Economy: Myanmar’s military junta is battered by Chinese-backed forces
It has been many decades since war came to Mandalay, the last seat of Burmese kings. But on September 3rd a 107mm rocket cracked the pre-dawn calm, striking a residential area west of the old royal ...
News Myanmar » Mandalay » Economy: Myanmar’s Rebel Militias Redeploy Towards Mandalay
Myanmar’s anti-regime forces are being re-deployed to the south, north, and east of Mandalay amid rising expectations of a coming battle with the military aimed at wresting control of the old capital ...