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Shwe Kokko New City – A planned casino city in Myanmar on the Thailand border

September 8, 2020 By James Clark 1 Comment

Shwe Kokko New City is a planned new urban area and casino city in Myanmar. The development is at the township of Shwe Kokko (also transliterated as Swe Koke Ko) on the Moei River, which forms the Myanmar-Thailand border. Shwe Kokko is about 25km by road north of Myawaddy, in the Myawaddy District of Kayin […]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: myanmar, myawaddy, shwe kokko

The East–West Economic Corridor Railway from Myanmar to Vietnam

April 21, 2020 By James Clark 3 Comments

The East–West Economic Corridor is an economic development program spanning across mainland Southeast Asia, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, with Cambodia also included. The corridor was envisaged as a land bridge connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans, saving the sea route via the Malacca Strait. The road route connects the port cities of Mawlamyine […]

Filed Under: Laos, Myanmar, Railways, Thailand, Vietnam Tagged With: laos, myanmar, railways, thailand, vietnam

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