Myanmar
H&M Sales Slide 27% as More Stores Emerge from Lockdowns
H&M still has 900 of its more than 5,000 stores closed, half of the 1,800 locations shuttered earlier in the…
Myanmar Is the Ship the West Must Right, Not Abandon
Reversing the damaging actions of coup plotters is paramount. Let's do this without reversing the economic…
H&M Freezes New Orders From Myanmar as Chaos Escalates
H&M will continue to take full delivery of and pay for all existing orders but it is not placing new garment…
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Fashion Warns of Myanmar Sourcing Risks if ‘Democracy Is Not Restored’
The international fashion community issued a call for the "quick and peaceful restoration" of Myanmar's…
NGOs Urge Support for Striking Myanmar Garment Workers
An NGO coalition is urging Western apparel brands to denounce the Myanmar coup that thrust the Southeast…
What Do New US Sanctions Mean for Myanmar Sourcing?
Sourcing in Myanmar is growing riskier by the day, though some brands outline reasons why they can't afford…
Myanmar Military Coup Threatens Sourcing in ‘Sunrise’ Garment Sector
A military junta has reversed democratic progress in Myanmar, where the garment sector is seen as a "sunrise"…
Shuttered Myanmar Garment Factory Forced to Pay Lost Wages
An apparel factory in Myanmar's Yangon region that shut down in late December has been forced to pay up…
Myanmar Snapshot: Labor Conditions in the Garment Sector
Sewing machine operator and union leader Win Theingi Soe discusses the working conditions in her country and…
Myanmar Union Official: Factories Using Covid as Excuse to Cull Ranks
The situation for garment workers has always been poor, but leverage has deteriorated even further amid the…
Disney, NBCUniversal Under Fire for Stiffing Asian Garment Workers
In the interim, these workers have faced "extreme hardship," including blacklisting by nearby factories, CCC…
H&M, Inditex Sign ‘Framework for Action’ to Protect Myanmar Garment Workers
Some of the world’s biggest fashion brands have signed a “framework for action” aimed at protecting Myanmar’s…
Hansae Builds Second Home in Myanmar Amid European Expansion
As Myanmar seeks to bolster its position in the apparel business, the country's large labor force and trade…
Garment Workers in Peril as Pandemic Stalls Asian Factories, CCC Says
Labor-rights advocates are urging brands to protect garment workers' health and livelihoods as the pandemic…
Viral Disruption Forces Asian Factories Closed
By some estimates, 26 factories and 12,000 workers in Cambodia and Myanmar are embroiled in the pandemic's…