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Dawei: Thai-backed mega project in Burma hits a snag

By Wed, Jan 11, 2012 11:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Almost a year ago we reported on a large industrial estate and port built in Dawei on Burma’s west coast and Thailand’s involvement in the mega-project. Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun has a very detailed essay on the Thai stakes in Dawei: The Burmese government has given a green light to a huge...

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Power plants, dams and mind games in Burma

By Tue, Jan 10, 2012 5:49PM UTC View Comments

Burma’s befuddling rulers have launched another surprise attack on our (somewhat waning) ability to rationalise what is happening in Naypyidaw: four months after the shock suspension of the China-backed Myitsone Dam in the country’s north, the government’s environment minister yesterday announced that a massive, Thai-financed power plant in the south of the country has been...

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Dawei and Thailand’s stake in Burma’s industrial mega-project

By Thu, Jan 06, 2011 10:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Burma has vanished from the international headlines ever since the hotly debated elections and the release of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest late last year. Around the same time there was coverage about the Thai involvement in the Burmese industrial complex Dawei, located on the west coast. Thailand is one...

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