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Myanmar junta restricts maritime work for people over 25
As more people seek work abroad or find other means to escape mandatory military service, the junta has tightened restrictions on permits for employment on foreign ships
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‘Non-CDM civil servants are citizens too’: Student union spokesperson
Myanmar Now interviewed an All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABSFU) official about the anti-junta opposition’s new law on civil servants, which the group has criticised as draconian and discriminatory towards Myanmar citizens who opted out of striking against the 2021 coup
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Fuel prices more than triple in Karenni State due to blockade
A blockade imposed by the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP)—whose armed wing has ostensibly stayed out of combat since the coup—has choked off supplies of petrol and diesel to Karenni State, causing prices to shoot up to around 14,000 kyat (US $3.18) per litre
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Yangon factory workers protest to demand higher wages
Wages have failed to keep pace with the steep rise in prices since the military seized power more than four years ago
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Myanmar nationals resume buying up condominiums in Thailand
Amounts spent by Myanmar buyers on real estate in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and other Thai cities have increased every year since Myanmar’s 2021 military coup
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