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Myanmar Coup Means Huge Losses for Thailand’s Border Trade Myanmar Coup Means Huge Losses for Thailand’s Border Trade Armored personnel carriers and military trucks patrol in Mandalay on Feb. 3, 2021. / Zaw Zaw / The Irrawaddy 6.7k By The Bangkok Post 3 February 2021 Thailand is estimated to forgo about 50 million baht (US$1.66 million, 2.21 billion kyats) a day from inconvenient transportation of goods and strict security checks by Myanmar’s military administration. According to Aat Pisanwanich, director of the Center for International Trade Studies at the University of the Thai Cham...

The Inside Story of Thailand and Myanmar’s Troubled Dawei Mega-Project A truck passes by a sign on a road leading to a deep seaport project in Mayingyi, part of the Dawei Special Economic Zone development, on Jan. 27, 2012. / Soe Than WIN / AFP 3.8k By Thai PBS World 26 January 2021 Myanmar’s long-delayed Dawei mega-project experienced yet another setback after contracts with Thailand’s construction giant Italian-Thai Development were canceled recently. The ambitious, but controversial Dawei Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) project seeks to transform the sleepy coastal town into Southeast...

ITD seeks state help over Dawei issue 5 published : 16 Jan 2021 at 04:00 5 ITD received a notice of termination for seven concession agreements from the Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee. SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) submitted a request for government help on Friday to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha after the Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee (DSEZ MC) sent a notice of termination for seven concession agreements at Dawei special economic zone (DSEZ) to five project companies in which ITD has...

Government pledges to press on with DSEZ published : 15 Jan 2021 at 04:00 2 The government remains adamant it is continuing its long-delayed Dawei special economic zone (DSEZ) project and vows to find solutions to obstacles at a tripartite meeting between Thailand, Japan and Myanmar. Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, who is chairman of the Thai-Myanmar Joint High-Level Committee (JHC) for the DSEZ, said Thailand's government agencies are looking for solutions before the next JHC meeting, which has not been scheduled. Any solutions approved by the JH...