Thursday, January 24, 2013

Thai govt approves Mae Sot economic zone proposal


23 Jan 2013

Thailand’s cabinet has approved a proposal to develop Mae Sot district 
in Tak province into a special economic zone on the Thai-Burmese border.


IFC to open microfinance institution in Burma


23 Jan 2013

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced on Wednesday

 that it will be setting up a new microfinance institution in Burma.

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UNFC offers to liaise with Burma govt on Kachin conflict


23 Jan 2013

A federation of Burmese ethnic groups said Tuesday it had agreed to hold talks 
with the government to try to end the conflict in the northern state of Kachin.

Feasibility study to rebuild ‘Death Railway’ nears completion



23 Jan 2013

The results of a feasibility study to rebuild the Thanbyuzayat-Three Pagoda Pass 
section of the Thailand-Burma Railway will be announced at the end of January,
 officials at Myanmar Railways have told Mizzima.

Former Thai PM Visits Mon State


23 Jan 2013

RANGOON — Former Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh traveled 
to Mon State on Tuesday, where he met with senior state officials 
and said that Thailand would invest US $20 billion in the Burmese economy.

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Kachin Conflict Shows China’s Business Dilemma in Burma


23 Jan 2013

After Burmese artillery shells landed on Chinese soil recently Beijing reacted indignant,
 dispatching a high-ranking delegation to Burma to demand a ceasefire in Kachin State.
 Yet, those shells, and many of the other weaponry used in the conflict,
 are likely to have been Chinese made.

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