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Myanmar economy hobbled by military rule despite garment boom - Kyna Intel, 2023-01-31T14:32:16+07:00

"From January to September 2022, exports of garment products to the European Union, Japan and the U.S. totaled $3.3 billion, about 1.6 times more than the same ...

Myanmar enhanced due diligence sectoral assessment - Kyna Intel, 2022-09-13T09:24:00+07:00

"This report provides the findings of a sectoral assessment of the human rights risks linked to the Myanmar garment sector value chain exporting to Europe and ...

Myanmar executions amp up sourcing scrutiny - Kyna Intel, 2022-07-29T09:38:11+07:00

"H&M declined to say whether the Myanmar junta’s execution of four prisoners, including two prominent pro-democracy activists, will alter its decision to ...

Myanmar factories to close amid planned power cuts - Kyna Intel, 2022-03-09T20:20:26+07:00

"Factories in Yangon are planning to temporarily halt operations next week after the junta-controlled Ministry of Electricity and Energy announced there might ...

Myanmar factory workers forced to choose between Chinese vaccines and pink slips - Kyna Intel, 2021-09-01T13:23:30+07:00

"Factory workers in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon are being forced to decide between receiving bonuses for getting Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines or pink ...

Myanmar garment industry draws fresh investment from Japan's Honeys - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-02T22:53:14+07:00

"Japanese apparel maker Honeys Holdings breaks ground on a third factory in Myanmar this month, aiming to make over half of its products in the low-cost ...

Myanmar garment worker allegations tracker - Kyna Intel, 2022-10-06T10:22:05+07:00

"Myanmar’s military illegally seized power on 1 February 2021. Since then, garment workers – mostly women – have been on the front line of the country’s Civil ...

Myanmar has 1.1 million fewer jobs after coup, COVID: ILO - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-02T09:24:34+07:00

"Some 1.1 million fewer men and women are employed than in 2020, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday, after releasing new estimates ...

Myanmar industrial zone affected by power outages - Kyna Intel, 2022-03-03T15:18:30+07:00

"Myanmar is suffering from an electricity shortage ... and power outages are unpredictable. Factory owners told VOA that losses were high. Thar Nyunt Oo ...

Myanmar is blacklisted by FATF as Pakistan, Nicaragua removed from ‘grey list’ - Kyna Intel, 2022-10-24T09:32:23+07:00

"Myanmar was today (Friday) put on the Financial Action Task Force’s “blacklist,” after the watchdog found there was a “continued lack of progress” by the ...