The "Golden Triangle" border region between Myanmar, Laos and Thailand has long been a hotbed of illegal drug production and ...
BANGKOK--The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have ...
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 ...
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 ...
Over one million Rohingya, a Muslim minority from Myanmar, have fled military persecution fin multiple waves of displacement.
YANGON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Authorities have seized 78.4 kg of raw opium in Myanmar's Mandalay region, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control said in a statement on Friday. Acting on a tip ...
“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.
The destruction came as UN experts warned of increases in the production of opium, heroin and methamphetamine in Myanmar, with exports threatening to expand markets in south and south-east Asia.
The drug burn came as U.N. experts warned of increases in the production of opium, heroin and methamphetamine in Myanmar, with exports threatening to expand markets in South and Southeast Asia.
Frontier areas in Myanmar have historically been major areas for drug production, especially the region where its borders meet with those of Laos and Thailand, known as the Golden Triangle. Opium ...
Myanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban imposed a ban on poppy cultivation, according to a new United Nations report. The ...
A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority has been detained just ...