Myitsone Dam

A motobiker riding past the entrance of the Myitsone dam project in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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16 March 2019
Respecting the spirit of contract the key for Myanmar government to win confidence of foreign invest...
A child walking on the banks of the Irrawaddy river at the Irrawaddy Myitsone, Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
News
23 February 2019
Delayed dam project awaits resolution in Myanmar
Though Myanmar officials have expressed their appreciation for the benefits of the Belt...
A general view of the Myitsone area on a bank of the Irrawaddy river at Irrawaddy Myitsone, near the Myitsone dam project, Myitkyina, Kachin State. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
News
18 February 2019
The Controversial Myitsone Dam Projects: What...
China’s hurry to revive the Myitsone dam projects has renewed concerns among ethnic...
People from Kachin State shout slogans and hold placards during a protest held to show opposition to the Irrawaddy Myitsone Dam project in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, 07 February 2019. Photo: Si Thu MKN
News
08 February 2019
Protests continue over Myitsone Dam
About 10,000 people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state staged a massive protest Thursday...
News
30 January 2019
Chairman of Myanmar’s investment commission...
The chairman of Myanmar’s investment commission on Tuesday suggested alternatives such as...
Development
17 January 2019
The case for a holistic water management approach...
Myanmar is a rainy country, endowed with a wealth of rivers, streams and bodies of water...
(File) Kachin people holding placards reading 'Freedom of Irrawaddy river and freedom to live for local people' shout slogans during a protest held to show opposition to the Irrawaddy Myitsone dam project, outside a hotel where the International Finance Corporation group is staying to make survey for the dam project in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, 31 January 2017. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
News
02 October 2018
CSOs protest Myitsone Dam
Civil society organizations and local residents have called on the Myanmar government to...

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