Garment workers struggling to keep up with orders

Myanmar’s garment sector employed about 700,000 people before the Covid-19 pandemic. PHOTO: REUTERS

Production lines in some Yangon garment factories are buzzing despite the political turmoil that has presented global fashion brands with a conundrum – stay in Myanmar or leave the country?

At one factory making trousers for Japanese consumers, Myat, who asked not to use her full name for security reasons, said she worked from 7am to 6pm, six days a week.