Move to criminalize importers will lead to palm oil shortage, warns economist.
The economic crisis was caused by the coup, economist explains. Not imported cooking oil.
Junta’s latest effort to control soaring food inflation suffers pushback from wholesalers.
In the first of a two-part series, The Irrawaddy’s Investigative Desk looks at the key roles played by the children of the late Aung Thaung in the current regime and...
Two businesspeople and three companies, including two based in Singapore, added to sanctions list.
Economist Sean Turnell describes move as ‘perverse’, says junta created ‘Myanmar’s economic catastrophe.’
US-based economist Professor Min Min Thaw says Myanmar's economy will never recover while the generals retain power.
The regime’s central bank says exporters and traders are hoarding dollars and gold, but local businesspeople say it is just shifting blame for its own economic missteps.
Singapore banks held 67% of the junta’s foreign reserves; in a bank document seen by The Irrawaddy, the junta praises Singapore’s UOB for helping it cope with sanctions.
Women workers bear the brunt of Myanmar’s fall from fashion, as global brands recoil from post-coup labor abuses.
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