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Opium crops in Myanmar expand to 10-year high
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 08/12/2025
» Myanmar's opium cultivation reached a 10-year peak with "renewed cultivation risk" along the Thailand border, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report launched early this month.
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» PEKON, Myanmar - Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict.
China ‘mediated Myanmar peace talks’
Reuters and Post Reporters, Published on 14/12/2023
» BEIJING - China has mediated peace talks between Myanmar’s ruling military and rebel groups, and the parties agreed on a temporary ceasefire and to maintain dialogue, Beijing said on Thursday.
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top opium producer
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government's crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday.
Myanmar junta says failing to halt surge in drug trafficking
AFP, Published on 26/06/2023
» Myanmar junta authorities said they torched almost half a billion dollars’ worth of illegal drugs on Monday, but warned they were failing to stop a surge in production and trafficking of narcotics.
No alternative: Afghan farmers lament Taliban poppy ban
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» LASHKAR GAH (AFGHANISTAN) - In a secluded compound in south Afghanistan, Bibi Hazrato cries in dismay as a group of men hack down her poppy crop, enforcing a Taliban government order to wean the nation off the narcotic plant.
Myanmar opium cultivation surging under military rule: UN report
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2023
» Opium cultivation in military-ruled Myanmar jumped 33% last year, reversing a six-year downward trend in the strife-torn country, a United Nations report said on Thursday.
Singapore invites billionaire Branson to death penalty debate
Bloomberg, Published on 23/10/2022
» Singapore invited British billionaire Richard Branson to a live televised debate with Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam on the city-state’s drug policy and death penalty in response to a blog post by the businessman on the subject.
Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2022
» KABUL: The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer.