The UNODC reports record production in 2023 with an 18 per cent increase in land under poppy cultivation. Civil war has led ...
In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the ...
BANGKOK--Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world’s biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency report released Tuesday. The ...
PEKON, Myanmar - 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 ...
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 ...
It all started with a Facebook ad. Rachel Yoong was bored and fed up at work when a job posting for a casino in the Myanmar capital Yangon popped up on her phone. The purported $4,500 monthly ...
The UNODC reports record production in 2023 with an 18 per cent increase in land under poppy cultivation. Civil war has led to crop replacement at the expense of rice or maize. Opium is refined ...
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 rise of a multibillion dollar trafficking, drug, and scam industry marks a resurgence for the Golden Triangle as a global ...
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.