Construction of China-Myanmar railway could start in December
Published on Aug 29 2011 // News Update
- 3:32 am » Hundreds Protest Pipeline in Burma’s Rakhine State
- 9:50 am » Shan farmers demand halt to Shwe pipeline
- 3:49 am » Uncertainty Surrounds Burma Gas Auction, Pipelines and Transparency
- 3:37 am » Expert warns against turning Shwe pipeline on while Kachin conflict continues
- 3:07 am » China pushed to the brink
Archive for August, 2011:
India should take lead in energizing BIMSTEC
Published on Aug 26 2011 // News Update
Aug 26, 2011, 12.44PM IST
SHILLONG: With an economic gloom in the US and the European Union, India should take lead and provide a new meaning to the BIMSTEC engagement that has the potential to generate trade worth 43 to 59 billion dollars as part of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA), apex trade...
REFILE-Myanmar wants foreign/local ventures for oil blocks
Published on Aug 25 2011 // News Update
NHPC planning Myanmar hydropower projects
Published on Aug 18 2011 // News Update, Related News
NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower company and a ‘Mini Ratna’ Category-I Enterprise of the Government of India is preparing Detailed Project Report (DPR) for 1200 MW Htamanthi and 660 MW Shwezaye Hydro Power Projects on Chindwin River in Myanmar. In Myanmar a meeting took place on 26th July,...
Burma: a surprising currency crisis
Published on Aug 18 2011 // News Update
Burmese notesBurma’s got a currency crisis, but it isn’t what you would expect.
The kyat has appreciated by almost 25 per cent on the grey market over the past year, and the country’s export industries, never in good health at the best of times due to a combination of sanctions and the government’s...
India trying to woo Myanmar from China
Published on Aug 18 2011 // News Update, Related News
LONDON — Even as a senior Burmese diplomat in Washington has defected, Burmese prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has suggested that some people, both at home and abroad, have deceived themselves into thinking a new government has brought change to her country.
Political dynamic is undergoing a slow...
Human Rights Abuses at Gas Pipeline
Published on Aug 18 2011 // News Update, Related News
By SAI ZOM HSENG Thursday, August 18, 2011
Land confiscations and other human rights violations have been reported in northern Shan State during the last few weeks since the start of the Shwe pipeline project to export gas and oil to China.
Problems have mainly occurred in Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships...
Myanmar launches construction of China-Myanmar Oil and Gas Pipeline
Published on Aug 04 2011 // News Update
On August 1, Myanmar officially commenced construction of the main line of the Myanmar section of the China-Myanmar Oil and Gas Pipeline Project, thus launching the construction of the project in question.
The pipeline project will connect Kyaukpyu in Myanmar to the city of Ruili in China, with a total...
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