Karen ethnic Thai villagers at the Salween River will be affected by the planned Hat Gyi Dam in Burma’s Karen state. The strong turn-out for Myanmar’s elections on Sunday demonstrates that people in Myanmar are not only eager to participate, but are also demanding their right to participate in decisions which will impact their lives […]
Continue ReadingHonda R&D Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. (HRAP) announced today that it will construct an automobile test course at Rojana Industrial Park in Prachinburi Province, Thailand with an investment of 1.7 billion baht to reinforce Honda’s R&D capabilities to deliver very competitive products which suit its customers’ needs and requirements in the Asia and Oceania region. […]
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Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the general who runs Thailand, wants to turn once unruly border regions into zones of economic prosperity. For much of the past century, the Thai border town of Mae Sot stood on one of Asia’s wilder frontiers. On the opposite bank of the swirling, mud-brown Moei River in neighboring Myanmar, Karen insurgents waged […]
Continue ReadingFurniture makers Index Living Mall and SET-listed Modernform Group will continue to expand in Myanmar in response to rising demand from the property sector. They said their expansion plans in Myanmar will move forward as usual regardless of the outcome of the national election. Modernform assistant vice-president Tummanit Suphanochakul said the company wanted to cash in on huge […]
Continue ReadingThe Labour Ministry will seek the cabinet’s approval next week to slash visa fees for Vietnamese workers as the country grapples with a labour shortage. The visa fee for Vietnamese workers will drop from 2,000 baht to 500 baht, said ML Boondarik Smithi, permanent secretary for labour, adding the request will be lodged at the […]
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Vehicles move slowly and sometimes come to a standstill on Phahon Yothin Road on Thursday during the construction of the Green Line. (Photon by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) The closure of the Kasetsart intersection planned for this weekend has been delayed until Tuesday as the contractor needs more time to move in heavy equipment. Italian-Thai Development Plc […]
Continue ReadingMAI-listed property developer J.S.P. Property Plc will form a joint venture with China’s Zhongtian Construction Group to develop a mixed-use project worth 15 billion baht in Chon Buri next year. J.S.P. will own 51% of the joint venture, which will buy two adjacent plots of land with a combined size of 161 rai in tambon Bang […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s electricity generation system will find it difficult to endure a disruption of natural gas from Myanmar of more than 10 days. Soonchai Kumnoonsate, governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, said on Wednesday that power plants with a combined capacity of almost 6 gigawatts here are dependent on supplies from the neighbouring country. […]
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Public hopes are high that khlong water will be purified in the government’s new clean-up project. (File photo by Panupong Changchai) When one looks at the state of Bangkok canals today, it is hard to imagine that they were once filled with clear, clean water teeming with aquatic life. Khlongs, as canals are called in […]
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Two companies from Korea and a Myanmar conglomerate have submitted a joint proposal to the Ministry of Construction to build an expressway from Yangon to Bago. Capital Diamond Star Group (CDSG) hopes to work with South Korea’s Lotte E&C and Halla Corporation to build the road, which would link Yangon to a new international airport […]
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