News Myanmar Currency: Business bad for Bagan’s buggy drivers as pandemic and coup keep tourists away
Published on: Wednesday 19 October 2022
News source: https://coconuts.co/yangon/features/business-bad-for-bagans-buggy-drivers-as-pandemic-and-coup-keep-tourists-away/
For 50 years, Maung Maung has been a horse-and-buggy driver in the ancient city of Bagan, ferrying tourists around to its soaring spires and iconic Buddhist pagodas and temples. But tourists have dwindled to a trickle, thanks to the combination of the Covid-19 pandemic that reached Myanmar in March 2020…
News Myanmar Currency: Myanmar’s pro-democracy forces resist with cryptocurrency
Published on: Saturday 15 January 2022
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/myanmar-e2-80-99s-pro-democracy-forces-resist-with-cryptocurrency/ar-AASPozo
YANGON: Myanmar’s National Unity Government, a pro-democracy group, recently announced that it officially endorses domestic distribution of the cryptocurrency Tether in a move to resist Myanmar’s ...