Companies from the US, Japan and South Korea will be involved in the construction of new power plants in Burma, according to state-run media. Reports said Japan’s J Power Co will cooperate with the Ministry of Electric Power (2) to build a a 600 MW coal-fired plant near Rangoon, while South Korean company BKB has been contracted to assist in the construction of a 500 MW gas-fired power plant. Other companies mentioned in the reports are US-based General Electric and Caterpillar, although no details were disclosed about which projects the companies would be involved in.