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Myawaddy households struggle without power from Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/06/2023
» TAK: Ordinary households in Myawaddy have been hit hard by the decision to cut off the supply of electricity across the border from Thailand, but big Chinese investors are unaffected, their huge complexes brightly lit as usual at night.
PEA cuts power to two towns in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/06/2023
» TAK: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) of Thailand has cut off the supply of electricity across the Moei river to two border towns in Myanmar where groups of Chinese businessmen have made huge illegal investments, at the request of the Myanmar government, Thai official sources said.
Kokko Chinatown project sparks concerns in Tak
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 23/06/2019
» Border towns are often labelled as remote villages without modern infrastructure or amenities.
Calls grow to turn Tak into proper SEZ
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/04/2019
» TAK: An ambitious plan to turn the border village of Kokko in Myanmar into a new Chinatown has sparked calls for the Thai government to speed up making Tak a fully fledged special economic zone (SEZ).
Duty-free trade zone in Mae Sot on horizon
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/05/2018
» TAK: A company licensed to operate a duty-free trade zone along the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district has proposed using more than 50 rai on the Asian Highway as part of a local special economic zone.