Drugs, scams and sin: Myanmar’s war has made it the global crime capital
Southeast Asian country is now the world’s largest producer of opium and one of the largest manufacturers of synthetic drugs ...
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Britain defeats China in the first Opium War, opening China to Western powers for trade, Christian missions, and legalizin ...
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The Opium Wars that devastated China ©Getty Images The Opium Wars of the mid-19th century were fought between the Western powers and the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912.
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The UN and the Long Curse of Opium and Conflict in Myanmar
One of the latest dark-humor observations emerging from Myanmar is a sense of pride in the country being a world leader at least in one metric: opium production. Number one in the world again! The ...
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U.N. drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may ...
BANGKOK--There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said ...
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Myanmar Remains World’s Leading Source of Illegal Opium Cultivation
Despite a slight decrease in opium production, the UNODC warned that the conditions were in place for its continued expansion. Myanmar remained the world’s top producer of opium in 2024 despite ...
Inside Myanmar drug rehab centre where tough love is the prescription
Weightlifting, karate drills and tug-of-war contests are all activities at the facility in a country that produces huge ...
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Myanmar's police destroy over 500 acres of opium in eastern Myanmar
YANGON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's police have destroyed 563 acres of opium fields in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Tuesday. The fields were located in ...
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UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this undated photo made available Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...
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UN Drug Experts Say Opium Production Has Leveled off in Myanmar, but Instability May ...
UN Drug Experts Say Opium Production Has Leveled off in Myanmar, but Instability May Trigger a Rise BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world ...
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UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may ...
Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...