Myanmar
Can a Military Man Turned President Herald Peace and Win Back ASEAN Acceptance?
Min Aung Hlaing, who has run the country for the last five years after a coup in February 2021, was named…
Myanmar Election Results Provide No Solace
The vote results were released just two days shy of the five-year anniversary of 2021's coup.
Myanmar Elections Could Spur Global Business Appetites, But Will They Be Legitimate?
Myanmar's long-delayed elections are ready to begin on Dec. 28, and neighboring countries are looking for…
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Myanmar’s Garment Sector is Woven in Fear, BHRC Finds
The BHRC's briefing documented 600-plus allegations, detailing systemic post-coup labor abuses in Myanmar's…
Retaliation on Unionists in Southeast Asia Shows ‘Worrying Corporate Backslide on Human Rights’
Two recent cases in Myanmar and Cambodia highlight a chilling trend of suppliers using criminalization to…
Bestseller Wants Higher Wages for Myanmar’s Garment Workers. Activists Call Foul.
While a higher floor wage is essential to promoting fair working conditions in the Southeast Asian nation…
What is Fashion’s Responsibility to Earthquake-Battered Myanmar?
As the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation navigates the aftermath of a devastating 7.7-magnitude…
Southeast Asian Countries See Markets Tumble; Move From Shock to Action
Among the tariffs announced on April 2, the highest are for Southeast Asia, including Cambodia at 49 percent…
Four Years After Military Coup, Myanmar Extends State of Emergency
A new report issued by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on Friday noted that garment workers have…
Japanese Retailer to Drop Defamation Suit Against Myanmar Unionist But Denies Wrongdoing
Honeys Holdings also said that 2017 allegations of labor rights violations were "one-sided" and that it's…
Labor Groups Urge Japanese Retailer to Drop Lawsuit Against Myanmar Unionist
Honeys' criminal complaint against Myo Myo Aye may have been dismissed, but its civil demand for damages "not…
Brands Still Sourcing From Myanmar Hit With OECD Complaints
IndustriALL Global Union, together with its banned Burmese affiliates, have filed complaints against Next…
Is Human Rights Due Diligence in Myanmar’s Garment Sector Working?
Over six months, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre found 13 cases of workers who said they were…
DOL Adds Mauritius, Myanmar to List of Child and Forced Labor Goods
While garments from Vietnam were stricken off the list of child labor products, cotton apparel is still a…
Are Exiting Brands Making Myanmar’s Labor Conditions Worse?
Violations at the civil war-gripped nation's garment factories have tripled in the past year, labor activists…