Category: Myanmar

Junta Sets Up Committee to Expedite China-Backed Muse-Mandalay Railway Myanmar’s junta has formed a national‑level Project Steering Committee to push ahead with construction of the Muse-Mandalay railway, a key segment of both China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC). The move comes as the regime, backed by Chinese pressure, regains […]

Myanmar turns to solar as power crisis deepens Myanmar is embracing solar energy on an unprecedented scale as its war‑torn power grid collapses. Hospitals, schools, shops and households are installing panels to cope with chronic blackouts, a trend driven by necessity rather than climate ambition. The country’s electricity supply has deteriorated sharply since the 2021 […]

Ceremony for Bridge Joining of the Myanmar-Korea Friendship (Dala) Bridge held A Ceremony for the Bridge Joining of the Myanmar-Korea Friendship (Dala) Bridge was held in Yangon Region on Friday, with the attendance of Acting President and Chairman of State Security and Peace Commission Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. On their arrival at the venue, […]

Dam construction proposed to block arsenic pollution in Northern Thailand’s Kok River Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has proposed the idea of constructing a dam across the Kok River, to block toxic contaminants, such as heavy metals discharged from unregulated Chinese-run mining operations in Shan state of Myanmar, from flowing downstream into Thai territory. The […]

Myanmar Junta Orders Naypyitaw’s Builders to Reconnect After Massive Earthquake Damage Myanmar’s junta asked the companies that built Naypyitaw to contact them about the massive damage caused by the March 28 earthquake, the regime’s newspapers reported on Saturday. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing told an April 18 meeting in Naypyitaw that damaged buildings must be […]

MCEF completes structural assessment of +200 quake-damaged buildings in Myanmar’s Mandalay Led by the Mandalay Region Construction Entrepreneurs Association, a joint team comprised of experts, engineers, and Parahita groups completed structural assessments for more than 200 quake-affected buildings in Mandalay, according to the Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Federation (MCEF). The team conducted the survey as of […]

52 buildings in Thailand uninhabitable due to Myanmar’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake, 342 buildings suffered moderate damage  The number of buildings in Thailand deemed uninhabitable due to the impact of tremors from Myanmar’s 7.7 magnitude quake has risen from 34, then 48 as of yesterday, and now 52 buildings, said the Department of Public Works and Town […]

Catastrophic M7.7 earthquake caused by rupture of Sagaing Fault in Myanmar Limited reporting thus far from Myanmar, but this is a big one Judith A Hubbard and Kyle Bradley We note that both of us have spent time in Myanmar looking at some of the faults and related features described below. Our deepest sympathies are with the […]

7.7 earthquake, Thailand unprepared for disasters Bangkok Post Editorial Rescue personnel walk past the rubble of the under-construction government building that collapsed in Chatuchak district of Bangkok on Friday. Dozens of workers remained trapped as of Friday afternoon. The effects of the earthquake felt throughout the country and Bangkok yesterday afternoon remind us that Thailand […]