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    132 Search results for "Myitsone dam"

    International Relations Kachin Lead Story News

    China says it will keep talking to Burma over stalled Myitsone dam

    China says it will continue to talk to Burma about the controversial, stalled Myitsone dam project, after Burma’s new energy minister cast doubt over the scheme.

    International Relations Lead Story News

    China may scrap Myitsone dam to advance other interests: sources

    China has shifted its position in a lengthy dispute with Burma over the building of the $3.6 billion dam, signalling its willingness to abandon the project in exchange for other economic and strategic opportunities in Burma.

    Foreign Affairs Lead Story News

    China to push for restart of Myitsone dam

    Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said the contract for the controversial hydropower dam in Kachin State is “still in force”.

    Business Lead Story News

    China pursues stalled Myitsone dam project

    China is pursuing efforts to resolve the problem of a stalled dam project in Burma, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

    Business Development Lead Story Natural resources News

    Myitsone Dam has cost us $800m, says China

    Naypyidaw is liable to pay compensation to the Chinese state-owned electricity giant if the project is permanently cancelled, Myanmar Times reports.

    Business Lead Story News

    President ‘did not discuss’ Myitsone dam in China, says Ye Htut

    President Thein Sein did not engage in discussion about the Myitsone dam project when he met with CPI during his visit to China, says spokesperson Ye Htut.

    BRIEF – Activists reach Myitsone dam

    Forty-three demonstrators who embarked on a 1,000 km march from Rangoon to the site of the Myitsone dam in northern Burma’s Kachin State arrived on Saturday after nearly two months[…]

    Environment Lead Story News

    Chinese ‘confident’ Burma will re-open Myitsone dam

    The Chinese company pushing to restart the controversial Myitsone dam in Kachin state is confident that Burma’s new democratic leadership, including Aung San Suu Kyi, will back the project.

    News Politics

    Leaked document reveals Myitsone dam set to reopen

    According to documents obtained by DVB, the controversial dam project in Burma’s Kachin state is set to reopen after President Thein Sein pledged to halt its construction

    Environment News

    China-backed Myitsone dam ‘suspended’

    Local media reports President Thein Sein has sent a letter to parliament stating that the controversial dam would not be built during his tenure

    Environment News

    Govt could reconsider Myitsone dam

    Govt to hand decision regarding the Myitsone project to new Environment Ministry, offering hope of a rethink on the controversial dam

    Environment News Politics

    Kachins plea to China over Myitsone Dam

    Kachin locals in northern Burma claim that China-backed dam will flood nearly 800km of farmland and displace up to 15,000 people

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Locals oppose dam-building on Ngaw Chan Kha

    The Ngaw Chan Kha is a tributary of the Mali Kha, one of two rivers that form the source of the Irrawaddy, Burma’s most important waterway

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Burmese president awaits key report on Myitsone

    A second report covering the Myitsone dam project on the Irrawaddy River will soon be submitted to the Burmese president for his consideration.

    Development Electricity Energy Environment Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘There are other options’ besides mega-dams

    Joern Kristensen, the director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, speaks to DVB about Burma’s options for meeting its energy needs.

    Electricity Energy Environment Lead Story News

    Chinese newspaper calls Burma hydro dam opposition ‘extreme’

    Opposition to Chinese-invested hydropower schemes in Burma is being orchestrated by “extreme” groups, according to an influential Chinese newspaper.

    Foreign Affairs International Relations Lead Story News

    Suu Kyi seeks win-win deal on China-backed dam

    Burma’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi told her Chinese hosts on Thursday that her government would try to find a way to resolve the Myitsone dam issue that satisfies both countries.

    Foreign Affairs International Relations Lead Story News

    Myitsone casts shadow ahead of Suu Kyi’s China visit

    State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s diplomatic skills will be put to the test as she heads to Beijing to meet Chinese leaders eager to restart the Myitsone dam project in Kachin State.

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    State media editorial calls for Myitsone shutdown

    An editorial in the state-run daily Kyemon calls for a permanent suspension of the controversial Chinese-backed Myitsone hydropower dam project.

    Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion

    Myitsone and the failure of China’s ‘anti-ethno-politics’ approach

    China’s refusal to acknowledge the ethno-political dimension of opposition to the Myitsone dam could mean that the project is doomed to failure.

    The Last Undammed River – Saving the Salween video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    The Last Undammed River – Saving the Salween

    A new documentary from DVB examines efforts to save one of Asia’s last freely flowing rivers from the potentially devastating impact of planned mega-dams.

    Contributor Kachin Lead Story News

    Chinese ambassador’s Kachin visit sparks Myitsone protests

    Kachin NGOs react to China’s perceived attempt to resurrect Myitsone dam project.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Myitsone campaigner wins prestigious award

    Burmese environmentalist Myint Zaw has been honoured with a prestigious prize for his activism against a billion-dollar dam project.

    Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    88 Gen delegates meet Myitsone villagers

    88 Gen delegates and the KIO meet in Myitkyina, and indications suggest that the Myitsone mega-dam featured prominently in their talks.

    Kachin Land Lead Story Natural resources News

    CPI cut our rice ration, say anti-dam activists

    Two local Kachin women, who have been involved in anti-Myitsone dam activities, say they have had their rice rations cut by CPI, the Chinese backers of the Irrawaddy River hydropower project.

    Myitsone marchers on the home straight video

    Environment Lead Story News Society Video

    Myitsone marchers on the home straight

    After two months of walking across the country, a group of campaigners dubbed the ‘Myitsone marchers’ reach Sagaing Division’s Katha district.

    Hundreds join march to Myitsone video

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News Video

    Hundreds join march to Myitsone

    Hundreds of activists set off from Rangoon by foot on a march to Myitsone, the source of the Irrawaddy River, to call for the complete shutdown of a China-backed hydroelectric mega-dam project at the site.

    Development Environment Ethnic issues Land Lead Story Natural resources News

    Cross-country march to protest Myitsone

    Former political prisoners will lead a march from Rangoon to Kachin State to protest the Myitsone Dam project.

    Lead Story Natural resources News Politics

    China’s CPI offers to meet Kachin NGO after Myitsone war of words

    Chinese dam-builders say resumption of the Irrawaddy seven-dam project will bring electricity, revenue, jobs and tourists to the region while a local NGO claims it will destroy the environment and livelihoods, and further fuel the conflict in Kachin State.

    Environment News

    Myitsone evictees begin returning home

    Up to 1,000 families relocated for dam return to village, but questions remain about whether work has been stopped at Kachin site

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