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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 ...

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 ...

Myanmar remained the world’s top producer of opium in 2024 despite a marginal drop in poppy cultivation, the United Nations said in a new report, warning that the country’s ongoing conflict ...

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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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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