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Korean power project comes amid desperate supply gaps

A South Korean company will build a new 40 megawatt power plant in Bago, the company said, becoming the latest foreign firm to answer Myanmar’s desperate call for new power projects. The firm, MCM Power Company, will invest USD 35 million in a

Myanmar, Japan revive talks on building Hanthawaddy airport

Hanthawaddy Airport negotiations renewed

Officials from Myanmar and Japan have renewed talks on the Hanthawaddy International Airport planned at Bago, 80 kilometres north of Yangon. According to an article in the Myanmar Times, the officials have met at least four times to discuss the billi

Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted
February 26, 2021
German containerline Hapag Lloyd has announced a decision to temporarily suspend cargo bookings into Myanmar …
Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect
February 26, 2021
In a February 24th update to its February 11th statement, Facebook through its Director of …
Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military
February 26, 2021
Despite distancing itself from other major Western states imposing sanctions on military-linked individuals and entities, …