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In a remote corner of Myanmar, a line of farmers moves through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to…
In a remote corner of Myanmar, a line of farmers moves through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to…
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Violent political turmoil in Myanmar in years since 2021 coup has contributed to production increase, new report says. Myanmar has become the world’s top producer…
The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and laborers. Poppy cultivation and opium production have plunged…
Bangkok, Thailand – The Golden Triangle – a region where the jungle borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet – has long been notorious as the…
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup, a report from the United Nations Office on…
Opium poppy cultivation has surged in Myanmar since the military seized power in 2021, reversing a steady decline that was seen in the illicit crop…