Latindancer Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) Sorry if this seems a little naive, but what kind of business relations do Thailand and the Junta in Myanmar have ? I often wonder how Myanmar keeps afloat. And how about their relations with North Korea and China ? What does Myanmar give them ? Opium ? And in return for what ? I seem to recall that there is a large deposit of jadeite in Myanmar...and logging. Edited January 8, 2010 by Latindancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannarebirth Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 More than 70% of Thailand's electricity is generated by natural gas, much of that natural gas is imported from Burma. There are hydroelectric projects in the works as well. Additionally logging interests and border trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Natural Gas lubricates the relationship between these two countries. There is a Nat Gas pipeline between Myanmar and Thailand that runs through Rachaburi province. The NG is used for electricity generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognos Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 cheap labour from Burma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latindancer Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) So the junta get most of their money from this gas ? What are the dynamics of their relationship with China ? Edited January 8, 2010 by Latindancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givenall Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I am not sure why we should criticize the Thai Myanmar relationship since the develop countries (US, UK, etc.) have relationship with counties that are much worse than Myanmar and they deal with them because of their interest as Thailand has with Myanmar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I am not sure why we should criticize the Thai Myanmar relationship since the develop countries (US, UK, etc.) have relationship with counties that are much worse than Myanmar and they deal with them because of their interest as Thailand has with Myanmar. Saudi Arabia for example...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 The Junta, it seems has their hands on everything - the Myanmar airlines, immigrations, hotels, tourism, casinos, cross border trade. Gems and other natural resources, everything. Income from trade with Thailand - be it natural gas, etc. is probably just a small proportion. Sorry I cannot cite any sources of information to back this up. This is just my personal opinion. Myanmar might be a pariah state shunned by Western countries. But for Thailand, it is still a neighbor. Thailand has to make the most out of the situation. This might not be to the liking of western countries (US and UK in particular). But they are there and Thailand is here and it cannot tell Myanmar to move away. So the junta get most of their money from this gas ?What are the dynamics of their relationship with China ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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