planning of the Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur HSR project. Myanmar Plans have been published to build a high-speed railway between Yangon and Kunming in China, a distance of 1920 km. Construction is said to start after agreements with China was signed in 2011.[11] The project was put on hold in 2014 due to financial feasibility and national security concerns. The project was rebooted in 2019. Oman Oman, which currently has no rail network, has planned a 2,144 km national high-speed rail network, mainly connecting the seaports of Salalah, Duqm, and Sohar, and linking to the Gulf Railway at Hafeet on its border with the United Arab Emirates. The project was put on hold in 2014 due to oil prices collapsing, and the link to the Gulf Railway was paused in 2016 as other countries paused the project. The planned network will be double-tracked, non-electrified, and have 220 km/h passenger traffic but plan to increase to 350 km/h, and international connections to Yemen through Mazyounah and to the Emirates through Al-Buraimi. Pakistan In 2021, Haier Pakistan suggested a 1,872 km passenger between Peshawar and Karachi along the current motorway which could run at 350 km/h and reduce the travel time to 5 hours and 30 minutes. However the validity of the news is still a question. Persian Gulf Countries The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia) plan a 2200-kilometre rail network, Etihad Railway, which may include high-speed rail from Dubai to Abu Dhabi. However it presently runs only a freight line in between. In 2010, the government of Qatar has announced it intends to have high-speed rail links to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia built in time for its hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This project was sidetracked by the Qatar crisis, but in early 2022, the Qatari and Saudi ministers of transport resumed talks about the proposed highspeed rail link. In 2022, the Saudi Crown Prince proposed a megaproject in Tabuk (The Line) which would feature a 500 km/h rail line. Philippines The San Miguel Corporation proposed building a bullet train system connecting Laoag City in the northern part of Luzon island, with Manila and the Bicol Region in Southeastern Luzon. As of 2010, this project has been put on hold. In April 2013, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) announced plans by the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) to fund the