Rice
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Myanmar
Myanmar military regime arrests rice merchants over pricing
Authorities, who accused the businessmen and wholesalers of selling at prices above the maximum set by the regime, are reportedly holding the detainees in Yangon and Naypyitaw
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In-Depth
When paddies become battlefields
Under the junta, Myanmar’s farmers face compounded threats of military raids, displacement and rising agricultural costs, resulting in nationwide food insecurity
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Myanmar
Private sector profits as government struggles to stockpile rice for pandemic
Mass sell-off of public property means state no longer owns enough storage space for disaster stockpiles
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