NEW YORK (AP) — Tin Tin Wei used to toil 11 hours a day, six days week sewing jackets at a factory in Myanmar. But she hasn't stitched a single garment since a coup in February. Instead, the ...

As civil war pounds Myanmar's economy and drives up prices, garment worker Wai Wai often starts her shift making clothes for international brands on an empty stomach. The orders she and thousands of ...

NEW YORK — Tin Tin Wei used to toil 11 hours a day, six days week sewing jackets at a factory in Myanmar. But following the military coup in early February, she hasn’t stitched a single garment.

The military has subjected Myanmar’s people to intensifying brutality since it seized power in a coup on Feb. 1, deposing the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. More than 1,700 people have ...

Myanmar’s apparel industry is struggling with garment worker shortages due to the conscription law however factories continue to run without any military links. Credit: Shutterstock. Stay ahead with ...

Myanmar, also known as Burma, Saturday set a new minimum wage of 3,600 kyat ($2.80) for an eight-hour work day, effective Sept. 1. That’s $67 a month, based on a six-day work week. The move follows ...

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Japanese apparel retailer Honeys Holdings Co plans to start construction of its third factory in Myanmar this month, marking a rare foreign investment in the country since a military coup. TOKYO, Aug ...

YANGON, Myanmar—Gap Inc. plans to produce apparel at factories in Myanmar, becoming the first major U.S. apparel retailer to tap the country's garment industry since Western sanctions were lifted two ...

YANGON, Myanmar — On the roads leading into one of Myanmar's largest industrial zones, South Dagon, the potholes are big enough to bathe in. Inside factories, hives of workers toil for 12-hour ...