Category: Myanmar
On track to meet Yangon’s growing water needs
Besides Yangon, many other parts of the country face water shortages during the hot season, roughly from mid-February to mid-May.
Did the Rohingya crisis snuff out foreign direct investments in Myanmar?
The European Union is considering imposing sanctions which may debilitate the fragile Myanmar economy.
Poor and isolated, Myanmar backs into a China debt trap
Myanmar’s parliament hopes China will accept repayment of its debts in rice, but payback will more likely come through deep-reaching economic concessions
Massive township development set to proceed
The massive New Mandalay Resort City (NMRC) integrated township project is set to move forward on a 4000 hectare site off the Mandalay-Lashio highway in Mandalay Region’s Pyin Oo Lwin district.
Myanmar Mulls Options to Keep Suspended Chinese Dam Project Alive
Myanmar’s government is working to find a solution on how to proceed with the controversial Chinese-backed Myitsone Dam project in Kachin state, suspended in 2011 amid heavy public opposition.
Myanmar puts Beijing-backed hydropower dam into limbo
Myanmar’s government said on Tuesday it had no plans to resume work on a Chinese-backed hydropower dam, currently halted, despite intensifying pressure to do so from Beijing.
Myitstone dam, a ‘death sentence’ for Myanmar
The Archbishop of Yangon condemns the possible resumption of the controversial Chinese project–attacks “the greed of a superpower”.
Suu Kyi urges global investors to put their money into Myanmar
Until now, investors have complained the government has focused largely on ending the country’s myriad armed conflicts, neglecting economic reforms and their needs. Suu Kyi did not mention in her speech the Rohingya crisis.