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Thailand revives $38.6 billion coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca Strait

Straits Times 18 Jun 2026
Residents are opposed to the plan, which could upend fishing and farming communities ....
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Exclusive-Thailand Revives $30 Billion Coast-To-Coast Corridor to Rival Malacca Strait

US News 18 Jun 2026
By Panu Wongcha-umRANONG, Thailand, June 18 (Reuters) - Chaiyaporn Arunrasamee hunched over his fishing nets, overlooking the waters of the Andaman... .
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Thailand revives $30 billion coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca Strait

The Times of India 18 Jun 2026
... to offer a new shipping route, bypassing the busy Strait of Malacca.
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Top Chinese, Singaporean diplomats reaffirm commitment to Malacca Strait transit rights

South China Morning Post 26 May 2026
Singapore is committed to keeping the Strait of Malacca open, the city state’s top diplomat ...
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Malaysia to trial electronic ship reporting system in the Malacca Strait

SAFETY4SEA 19 May 2026
A trial phase of an automatic electronic ship reporting system has been introduced as an alternative to the existing manual Mandatory Ship Reporting System (STRAITREP) in the Strait of Malacca.
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Thai Land Bridge to Skirt Malacca Strait Gains Traction as US Weaponizes Waterways

Sputnik 07 May 2026
Long dismissed as unfeasible, the project to bridge the Indian and Pacific Oceans across southern Thailand has now become significantly relevant ....
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Capitalizing on the Malacca Strait

The Jakarta Post 07 May 2026
ndonesia must accelerate its efforts to catch up with Singapore and Malaysia in taking full advantage of its position as a littoral state of the Malacca Strait. As one of the world’s busiest sea lanes, the strait is a vital economic artery.
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Focus shifts to Malacca Strait

The Star 05 May 2026
Seemingly out of nowhere, a state problem becomes a possible foreshadowing of national political outcomes. .
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The Malacca Strait runs the world

The Jakarta Post 05 May 2026
What remains underappreciated, however, is that Hormuz is not the most consequential strait on Earth ... The Strait of Malacca carries an average of 23 million barrels of oil per day, making it the world's single busiest petroleum transit corridor.
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Toll the Malacca Strait — and price out American hegemony

Asiatimes 29 Apr 2026
The Strait of Malacca in the 21st century is a continuously used “highway” for Very Large Crude Carriers, which are about as long as a city block and have 20-meter drafts.
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Why Asean cooperation remains primary shield against Malacca Strait tolls

South China Morning Post 28 Apr 2026
... last week flirted with the idea of imposing tolls for passing vessels in the Strait of Malacca.
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How not to securitize the Malacca Strait

The Jakarta Post 28 Apr 2026
Rung 1 is the normal good, circulating under market and regulatory logic, ships transiting straits under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), data crossing commercial networks.
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