LONDON (Reuters) -Zara owner Inditex is in the process of stopping purchases from Myanmar, the company told Reuters on Thursday, as a result of a campaign by global workers' union IndustriALL to ...

H&M plans to stop its operations in Myanmar following allegations of abuse reported by a workers advocacy group. The Swedish clothing retailer, which has around 4,400 stores around the world, said it ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The wraparound cloths, known as longyi, are hung on washing lines. Sometimes women's underwear is used too. "The reason why we hang the longyis across the streets is that we have the traditional ...

MAE SOT, Thailand - In Myanmar today, dozens of middle-aged generals are shedding their uniforms. In the latest round of preparations for Myanmar's multi-party national elections on Nov. 7, senior ...

Traditional clothes hang on a rope as protesters holds shields in the background, in Yangon (Reuters) - Protesters in Myanmar have taken to stringing up women's clothing on lines across the streets to ...