Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Thailand seen buying more natural gas from Myanmar


20 December 2011
Dec 20 (Reuters) - Thailand is expected to buy at least 2 billion cubic feet per day 
(cf/d) of natural gas from resource-rich Myanmar over the next 20 years to meet 
rising energy demand, an energy ministry official said on Tuesday.

Yingluck pushes Dawei, meets Suu Kyi


20 December 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Two of Southeast Asia’s most prominent women leaders 
met in Rangoon on Tuesday. Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra talked 
with Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for more than 30 minutes 
at the Thai ambassador’s residence.

Land prices in far Rangoon soaring


20 December 2011
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Land prices on the outskirts of Rangoon and in some municipal 
areas have increased many times over, according to real estate agents.