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A fresh UN warning about Myanmar鈥檚 economy

Many companies have left Myanmar since the 2021 military coup. A United Nations report says 2025 will test the country鈥檚 economic resilience to its limits

Many companies have left Myanmar since the 2021 military coup. The United Nations says 2025 will test the country鈥檚 economic resilience to its limits. We hear from a senior UN official involved in the report.

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(Image: Relatives celebrate with a released prisoner (C) outside Insein prison on Myanmar's Independence Day in Yangon on January 4, 2025. Myanmar's embattled junta government on January 4 said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day. Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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