Nearly five years after the coup, Myanmar is poorer, hungrier, and plagued by blackouts. Few believe the upcoming election will change anything.

From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.

“Some company owners paid no taxes at all for about three years. All are now facing legal action after the Mon State Planning and Finance Department instructed the IRD to detain them,” he said, adding ...

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