Hungry line: People queuing to receive a free meal along a street in Yangon. — AFP
DOZENS of people queued under monsoon drizzle for subsidised cooking oil in Yangon, waiting for one of the many commodities that have become scarce as economic misery strikes the city.
The country’s economy tanked following a military coup last year and has been further rattled by the junta’s attempts to seize foreign exchange as well as erratic rules governing businesses and imports.
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