Afghanistan’s new rulers have intensified a nationwide crackdown on drugs and poppy farms ahead of the approaching harvest ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The Myanmar government claims it has already halved opium production in the current poppy-growing season (from Oct/ Nov to Feb/March). "Poppy production is down by more than 50 per cent across all ...
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 ...
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they have quelled protests in a northern province over security forces' attempts to eradicate opium poppy cultivation which generates income for many impoverished ...