Welcome to SHWE GAS Movement

In cooperation with Burma's military junta, a consortium of Indian and Korean corporations are currently exploring gas fields off the coast of Arakan State in Western Burma. Discovered in December 2003, these fields--labeled A-1, or "Shwe" (the Burmese word for gold)--are expected to hold one of the largest gas yields in Southeast Asia. These Shwe fields are destined to become the Burmese military government's largest single source of foreign income. read more...

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We believe in the power of solidarity and that we can together prevent abuses against the people and environment in Burma. If your organization, network, or party endorses the Shwe Gas Movement’s position paper, please send us an email to solidarity@shwe.org. Please state the name of your group and the country where you are based. Both will appear on our web page at www.shwe.org. We can also include a web link to your homepage, if requested and link provided.

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Update from the Shwe Gas Movement, March 16, 2007

The Indo-South Korean Shwe Gas consortium is currently in a process of surveying the offshore A-1 and A-3 blocks for a final production phase. Unless the project can be stopped now, the construction of platforms, pipelines and a possible Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant near Kyauk Phyu is likely to start in 2008.

Meanwhile, the President of Daewoo International, Lee Tae-Yong will in March face South Korean court for his involvement in selling US$133 worth of equipment for an arms factory in Pyay in Burma. The factory is nearing completion and will then start producing weapons to suppress its main enemy, its own people.