The area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has shrunk by a quarter in the last two years, a UN study said Wednesday, as demand for opiates eases and methamphetamine use surges. Myanmar remains ...
Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world’s largest producer of opium in 2023 – Copyright AFP STR Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy ...
War-weary Myanmar villagers salvaged crops from flooded fields Tuesday as the country's death toll in the wake of Typhoon Yagi doubled to 226 and the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could need ...
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing in all growing regions in the war-scarred country, the United Nations says. In its latest Myanmar opium survey, ...
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Myanmar roundup: Rural development, environmental drive, and mounting international pressure
President Min Aung Hlaing prioritises education, agriculture and infrastructure in Magway Region Chairman of the State ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A "dramatic" drop in opium cultivation in Myanmar underscored a regional boom in demand for illegal synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine, which many Asian countries are ...
LOI CHYARAM VILLAGE, Myanmar (AP) — The rebel soldiers climbing this mountain, rifles at their shoulders, are going into battle not with government forces, but against opium crops that are destroying ...
Farmers carry bags of rice next to flood waters as they evacuate their homes near Phayarphyu village in Loikaw township in Myanmar's Karenni state on September 16, 2024, following heavy rains in the ...
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