Category: Myanmar

Securing Thailand’s energy future A file photo dated March 2, 2016 shows the Zawtika field off the coast of Myanmar which produces about 300 million cubic feet a day of natural gas, of which 240 million is supplied to Thailand for electricity generation. (Photo: PTT Exploration & Production Plc) Since the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, […]

Thonburi Healthcare Group set to spend B1-1.5bn on three cancer centres in Chanthaburi, Trang and Ubon Ratchathani Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG) plans to spend 1-1.5 billion baht building three cancer centres in Thailand, continuing the trend of specialist hospitals, while growing its hospital and healthcare businesses in Myanmar and Vietnam. The company wants to […]

Construction in Myanmar slows due to lack of construction materials Construction materials are in short supply in Myanmar and their price is rising, meaning that construction has had to be halted in some areas. Many construction materials have to be imported and construction companies are facing difficulties obtaining the relevant import permits and necessary foreign […]

Highway Connecting Kolkata To Bangkok Likely To Open In 4 Years The longest part of the highway will go through India from Moreh, Kohima, Guwahati, Srirampur, Siliguri to Kolkata. The Kolkata-Bangkok Highway, a major infrastructure project aimed at enhancing connectivity between India and Thailand, is likely to open to the public within the next four […]

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 […]