Famine in Pockets Of Northern Arakan In Burma

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Famine in Pockets Of Northern Arakan In Burma

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Maungdaw, June 10th: "The price of rice has marked an unusual rise in the markets of Northern Arakan State in recent weeks, causing a famine-like situation. The rice is now selling at kyat 340 a kilo at Maungdaw, the border town in northern Arakan, while the government wages for a labourer is fixed at kyat 100 a day..."

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Narinjara news

Date of Publication: 

2002-06-10

Date of entry: 

2003-06-03

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English

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