"Even now we cannot breathe" with the dollar around 800 kyat, says Khine Khine Nwe, deputy managing director of garment maker Best Industrial Co.

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The baby, known as RB, is about one year old and suffers from congenital myasthenic syndrome, a rare genetic condition which means he cannot breathe on his own.

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"When you cannot breathe you start to panic, " she said.

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You pause, remind yourself that an employer (via its employees) cannot bad mouth you, breathe a sigh of relief and complete the application.

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Only a handful of people know this about me, but five years ago, my father died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. This is a fatal disease that literally eats away at a person's muscles until they cannot walk, talk or even breathe.

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