29 December 2013
A capsized boat is responsible for the death of 17 people from the Kyaukpyu township in the Arakan state who drown in the on December 27, according to officials in the area. The overloaded boat carried villagers from the Sinboat village who were on their way back from wood collecting in a mangrove forest. The […]
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17 December 2013
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) announced that along with 30 other domestic airports, Kyaukpyu airport (KYP) is due to be privatised. The DCA’s privatisation plans give priority to companies which rate able to operate the whole airport, though opportunities for companies to operate under join partnerships are also available. The DCA’s spokesperson, director general […]
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19 November 2013
Buddhist mobs have joined forces to attack the last remaining mosque in Kyaukpyu town on Ramree Island. The worshipping house of the mosque was badly damaged and the minaret was destroyed. An activist said he heard about the people trying to destroy the mosque and went to investigate. He confirmed on November 19, the morning […]
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31 October 2013
The controversial pipeline that stretches from Ramree Island, western Burma to the southwestern part of China is now completely operational and will carry natural gas to help China meet its growing energy needs. As the second largest economy in the world, China is struggling to acquire access to the resources it needs to sustain and […]
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29 October 2013
President U Thein Sein proposed in a letter October 18th to construct a 50-megawatt power plant fuelled by natural gas in Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island. The proposal was made to Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the legislative assembly, and indicated that more than $57 million had been set aside for the plant. The funds will come from a $5 […]
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03 October 2013
The $20 billion Chinese railway project that is projected to connect Kyaukpyu, Arakan State to Kunming in the southern part of Chinese is still being debated according to sources from within the government. Activist groups have been expressing their concerns along with the residents about not having the environment assessment report released as well as […]
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02 October 2013
Ten residents of Kyaukpyu, located in the Arakan state, were sentenced to three-month jail terms September 26 for their unauthorised protests against the Shwe pipeline, a controversial Chinese-backed project. The demonstration attracted the support of more than 500 locals and was held in mid-April on Maday Island. The controversy that caused the protest stems from […]
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18 September 2013
From Sunday 22nd September, residents of Kyaukpyu will for the first time have the convenience of 24 hour electricity. Made possible by gas turbines from Shwe Gas pipeline terminal converting compressed natural gas into electricity, homes in the Kyaukpyu township and surrounding villages will have electricity at standard rates of 35 kyat per unit. Local […]
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09 September 2013
Police in Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, detained and interrogated 11 Chinese staff members of the Shwe National Gas Project on the 5th September concerning the unexplained death of a Chinese worker on the project. The workers are being detained for questioning. All of the employees on the project, located on Maday Island of the Kyaukpyu District, […]
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22 May 2013
The port of Kyaukpyu at the northern end of Ramree Island. This fishing port is in the process of being transformed into a major international deep-sea port, funded by China and connected by a rail and road network to southern China. Thanks to the photographer, Zibo Wei, for this amazing panoramic taken in June 2011.
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