In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
The next morning they will collect the residue that has seeped out overnight and parcel it up into bundles of sticky opium -- the building blocks for manufacturing heroin. Myanmar became the world ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The next morning they will collect the residue that has seeped out overnight and parcel it up into ...