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A local activist is asking the government to set aside prime agricultural plots known as “red-yolk” plots to reduce the environmental impact of the regime’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor Project (EEC).Keep reading ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) policy committee is now focusing on improving educational measures to help curb the skilled labour shortages in Rayong, Chon Buri, and Chachoengsao — the three eastern provinces where the EEC project is located. According to a recent survey carried out by ...

The government is pushing to get at least two contracts relating to the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project to be signed by next month, before the new government is sworn in. Keep reading ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office is speeding up two megaprojects in the corridor — the third phase of Map Ta Phut port and the high-speed railway linking three domestic airports — after both projects faced delays in the negotiation process with winning bidders. Keep ...

The Marine Department is planning to enlarge the ecologically-rich Bang Pakong River to better facilitate cargo barges traveling in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) zone. The department is funding a 6.9 million baht study which focuses on dredging a section of the 231-kilometre river in ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) smart city initiative is likely to be the second development project involving collaboration with China and Japan, following the high-speed rail network linking the three main airports of Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-tapao. Keep reading ...

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is leading a delegation representing the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) on a visit to China that will see the signing of two agreements that will provide a major boost to plans for the Eastern Airport City project in Rayong province.Keep ...

Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha chaired a meeting of the EEC Policy Committee this week, which reported on progress of four major projects including a high-speed rail linking three airports.The U-Tapao Airport and Eastern Aviation City Development Project is currently in the process of evaluating ...

With forest fires persisting in much of the nation’s North, the Mae Hong Son provincial governor has threatened to escalate the campaign against farmers lighting fires to clear farmland.Keep reading ...

TAK: An ambitious plan to turn the border village of Kokko in Myanmar into a new Chinatown has sparked calls for the Thai government to speed up making Tak a fully fledged special economic zone (SEZ). The huge investments from Chinese businessmen in Kokko, opposite ...