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Myanmar Crisis Hurts Garment Industry, Jobs, Hope
April 12, 2021
FILE - Workers iron and arrange clothing at a garment factory at Hlaing Taryar industrial zone in Yangon, March 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo)
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Two years ago, Li Dongliang opened his clothes factory in Myanmar. Today, he fears he will be forced to close his business and
lay off 800 workers.
Li’s business had already been struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then on February 1, the army took over the country and arrested many of its democratic leaders. People began to protest and were attacked by the army. During the violence, someone set fire to Li’s factory. New orders for clothes stopped.
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