Grateful for small mercies: Labourers working at a garment factory in Yangon in this file photo. As civil war pounds Myanmar’s economy and drives up prices, garment industry is a rare bright spot in an economy crippled by the military’s 2021 coup. — AFP
As civil war pounds the country’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 others churn out for big names including Adidas, H&M and others bring in billions of dollars in export earnings for Myanmar.
