BANGKOK (AFP): Opium poppy production in Myanmar ramped up dramatically following the 2021 military coup, the UN's drugs office said Thursday (Jan 26), as political and economic turmoil drove ...

“Myanmar has become a global epicenter of methamphetamine and opium production, along with a rapid expansion of global cyber-scam operations, particularly in border areas,” he said.

Large-scale drug production and trafficking has long been rife in Myanmar’s border areas, historically involving opium and heroin, and in the past decade methamphetamine. The drug trade has been ...

The violent political turmoil in Myanmar has contributed to the opium production increase. “The economic, security and governance disruptions that followed the military takeover of February 2021 ...

Bangladesh and Myanmar exchanged hundreds of their citizens from custody over two days this week, following a deal reached between the two countries. Bangladesh repatriated 288 members of Myanmar ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta, the State Administrative Council, is criticizing a U.S. aid package that is being funneled through opponents of the regime, saying the United States should consider ...

With motley rebel groups chipping away at the Tatmadaw, as Myanmar's military junta is known, India invited an influencer of the military leadership to New Delhi a few months ago. The invitation ...

hailand called on Friday for the regional bloc ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted ...

Rapid escalations in Myanmar’s civil war are creating a rare opening for potential cooperation between the U.S. and China, with the chaos and violence in Southeast Asia posing a threat to both ...

Myanmar's borderlands are home to an array of ethnic minority armed groups, some of which have been battling the military for decades for autonomy and control of resources like jade or opium.

Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by soldiers of the ruling junta from whom the rebels had this month wrested the key ...

Among six Asean economies in the AAF report, Myanmar posted the highest growth rate of 273.2 percent, although it also had the lowest production volume of 41 units. The Philippines ranked second ...