Category: Myanmar

The Salween explained – Asia’s last great undammed river We examine Southeast Asia’s largest free-flowing river, as it navigates competing interests between the countries it spans, and discuss Myanmar’s military junta’s role in shaping its future Flowing from the headwaters in Tibet, the Salween traverses China and Myanmar and defines part of Thailand’s western border. […]

Peninsula Hotels group says $130m Myanmar project still stalled Hong Kong operator makes first post-COVID profit but greater China a strain The operator of the upscale Peninsula Hotels chain said on Tuesday that it is unsure when it will be able to resume its $130-million project in Yangon, which has stalled since the military toppled […]

Thonburi Healthcare Group set to expand Myanmar investment Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG) plans to expand its hospital business in Myanmar following an increase in patients seeking medical treatment. A feasibility study on the new investment is being conducted and its findings are expected soon, said Tanatip Suppradit, chief executive of THG. The company, which […]

China and Myanmar Sign Deal to Complete Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu Deep Sea Port The Chinese state-owned enterprise CITIC and the Myanmar Junta have officially signed an agreement to expedite the completion of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone and a deep-sea port in Rakhine State. The project, which has been floundering in the Myanmar Foreign Ministry for […]

Myanmar Invites Bids for Kyaukphyu Port Construction Myanmar’s regime is inviting bids to construct a deep seaport at Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A special economic zone committee chaired by the junta’s commerce minister, Tun Ohn, said applicants should have at least 10 years’ experience in business […]

China Begins Surveys for Railway to Myanmar’s Indian Ocean China has started surveying for a railway to Kyaukphyu on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean coast from Kunming in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, according to Rakhine State residents. Junta police guarded Chinese technicians investigating the Maei-Ann road in Ann Township earlier this month, said a civil […]

A Rail Line From China To Myanmar – Analysis By Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray   The Meeting On 25-26 September 2023, China hosted the Global Sustainable Transport Forum in Beijing. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng attended the opening ceremony and read a congratulatory letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping. The forum, reported by Chinese media, […]

Myanmar and Russia Sign Nuclear Power Plant Deal Russia has signed another agreement with Myanmar’s regime to build a small nuclear power plant as the junta continues to struggle to end blackouts. On Wednesday at Russian Energy Week, Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom and the junta’s Ministry of Science and Technology signed a memorandum of […]

Construction in Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan goes unchecked under junta Conservationists speak out against hotel expansions and construction in protected areas. When Chinese conservation teams began working on the That Bin Nyu Temple in Myanmar’s ancient city Bagan, local residents noticed something out of place. Less than 300 meters (yards) away, they also began […]

Peninsula Hotels’ Myanmar project to resume depending on economics Recovery of tourist travel to China slowed by ‘geopolitical tensions’ The operator of the luxury The Peninsula Hotels chain said Thursday that its stalled $130 million project in Myanmar has not been canceled and that a decision to resume it would depend on economic conditions. The […]