An employee sews clothes at a garment factory at the Shwepyithar industrial zone in Yangon. (AFP)

Rise in unlicenced garment factories fuels labour exploitation in post-coup Myanmar

Conditions continue to worsen for Myanmar's garment workers, some of whom are forced to work punishing hours in unlicenced, often nameless factories that allegedly supply major global brands.

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