UN agency: ‘Troubling' signs of Myanmar food price rises since coup

The UN food agency said on Tuesday rising food and fuel prices in Myanmar since a Feb 1 military coup risk undermining the ability of poor families to feed themselves.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted the elected government and detained its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, with protests and a civil disobedience campaign of strikes paralysing parts of the economy...