Thailand seizes on Hormuz fears to push land bridge dream

by | May 4, 2026 | Asia

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A map of the potential new East-West shipping route that would be opened by a potential Thai canal through the country's Kra isthmus. Image: Wikimedia

BANGKOK – While Asia suffers from Strait of Hormuz blockades, Bangkok is offering Beijing, Singapore and others a planned multi-billion dollar “land bridge” across Thailand’s thin peninsula, to link shipping between the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand instead of south through the equatorial Strait of Malacca. China, the US and other countries could use […]

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