In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the ...
The UNODC reports record production in 2023 with an 18 per cent increase in land under poppy cultivation. Civil war has led ...
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 ...
But when I got inside there were two big, tough guys with guns,” Yoong, 30, tells TIME. “That’s the moment I knew I was in ...
The Mekong is seeing a surge in synthetic drug production and trafficking, compounded by increasing levels of opium ...
For many farmers in conflict and coup-riven Myanmar, poppy farming has become their only way of making ends meet amid the social and economic turmoil across the country. The opium resin extracted from ...
Myanmar became the world's biggest opium producer in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government launched a crackdown on the crop there - Copyright AFP ...
The European Drug Monitoring Center warns of the risk that synthetic opiates could make up for a hypothetical shortage of ...
Bangkok (AsiaNews) – Myanmar’s ongoing civil war is fuelling opium production to fund the parties to the conflict as well as meet local demand. Available data show the extent of the boom ...
In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin. The next morning they will collect ...
A burning pile of seized illegal drugs is seen during a destruction ceremony to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 26, 2023.