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Thai's Myanmar initiative
Editorial 1 year ago

Thai's Myanmar initiative

Myanmar is in the throes of an emergency on multiple fronts, with allied anti-junta groups backed by a pro-democracy parallel government seizing control of several military posts and towns.
SOS: Myanmar tops opium production
Academia 2 years ago

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SOS: Myanmar tops opium production

During the two-day meeting, the ASEAN foreign ministers overlooked the real and present danger arising from Myanmar in the form of opium trade and trafficking.
Myanmar is now world's largest source of opium
Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Myanmar is now world's largest source of opium

The 95 percent decline in opium cultivation in Afghanistan after a drug ban by the Taliban in 2022 has seen global supply shifted to Myanmar, where political, social and economic instability brought about by a 2021 coup drove many to poppy farming, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report said.
The terrible twos: Narcotics trafficking and terrorism
Academia 3 years ago

The terrible twos: Narcotics trafficking and terrorism

The Taliban, which is currently in charge of Afghanistan's political and economic institutions, too, is expected further to increase the cultivation of poppies in their drought-ridden country to keep itself in power.
China gaming shares dive after 'spiritual opium' warning
Entertainment 4 years ago

China gaming shares dive after 'spiritual opium' warning

Shares of Tencent and other major Chinese gaming companies plummeted Tuesday after a state-run media article described online games as "spiritual opium".
Crushed by virus and war, jobless Afghans turn to opium for cash
World 5 years ago

Crushed by virus and war, jobless Afghans turn to opium for cash

Afghans pushed out of work by the coronavirus pandemic after businesses and schools were shuttered have turned to opium cultivation for cash during this year's poppy harvest.
A new high: Indigenous Thai farmers swap opium for coffee, land
Art & Culture 6 years ago

A new high: Indigenous Thai farmers swap opium for coffee, land

Somchai Sophonsookpaiboon does not remember much about his younger years, except that they were spent in an opium haze.
Myanmar's opium farmers cling on to lucrative crop
SE Asia 7 years ago

Myanmar's opium farmers cling on to lucrative crop

Myanmar is the second biggest source of opium in the world after Afghanistan, with Shan state its main production hub.
Getting high in Laos' opium-riddled mountains
SE Asia 7 years ago

Getting high in Laos' opium-riddled mountains

In a hut on the top of a fog-licked mountain in northern Laos, Vo Pali is getting high.
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