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  • Salween dam plan draws heavy flak

    Bangkok Post

    Environmental, social and human rights groups are slamming the adoption of plans for hydropower dams on the Salween River by Asean energy ministers.

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  • Regional energy action plan ready for Mandalay meeting

       Bangkok Post

    A controversial energy plan for Southeast Asia covering nuclear power plants and "clean coal" promotion will be tabled for endorsement by energy ministers meeting in Mandalay this week.

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  • 19 villages demanded Salween dam project shelved, submitting petitions to Thai PM with concern over escalation of civil war

    Matichon Daily (translated from Thai)

    On 12 July 2009, Po Luang Nu Chamnankhiriphai, leader of villagers in Salween River Basin in Mae Hong Son, led the villagers to participate in a public forum on “Hutgyi Dam: Is it necessary...

  • Thailand affected by situation in Burma

    Mizzima

    The ongoing conflict between the Burmese Army and ethnic armed groups and Thailand’s energy dependence on its neighbour has significantly affected Thai security policy and bilateral relations between the two countries, ...

  • Thailand affected by situation in Burma

    Mizzima

     The ongoing conflict between the Burmese Army and ethnic armed groups and Thailand’s energy dependence on its neighbour has significantly affected Thai security policy and bilateral relations between the two countries...

  • Thailand affected by situation in Burma

    Mizzima

     The ongoing conflict between the Burmese Army and ethnic armed groups and Thailand’s energy dependence on its neighbour has significantly affected Thai security policy and bilateral relations between the two countries...

  • Young activist seeks voice for Myanmar minority

    Beijing Today (Beijing Youth Daily)

     Twenty-eight-year-old Charm Tong is regarded as an enemy by Myanmar’s junta but a “candle in the dark” by her fellow citizens. This vivacious woman does not fit the stereotype of a “...

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