According to the UN’s survey, the increase in opium cultivation has taken place in tangent with the production of synthetic drugs in Myanmar, which have continued to expand, “with the drug ...

BANGKOK--The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have ...

Opium production increased sharply in Myanmar last year, as farmers have had “little choice” but return to poppy cultivation following the military coup, the United Nations warned on Thursday.

In his new book, former Yangon CIA station chief Barry Broman is either ignorant of, or covering up, the Myanmar military’s ...

The drug burn came as U.N. experts warned of increases in the production of opium, heroin and methamphetamine in Myanmar, with exports threatening to expand markets in South and Southeast Asia.

Myanmar authorities said on Thursday that they had seized almost half a ton of crystal meth worth over four million ...

This often forces rural peoples into poverty or drives villagers to new, more remote areas ripe for opium production. The UN and China have introduced crop substitution as a solution in Myanmar ...

The destruction came as UN experts warned of increases in the production of opium, heroin and methamphetamine in Myanmar, with exports threatening to expand markets in south and south-east Asia.

a key ingredient in the production of heroin. “In 2022, the area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar was estimated at 40,100 (29,000 to 62,900) hectares. This estimate is 33 percent greater ...

The persistence of opium farming mirrors the growth in meth production that was taking place ... found in the biggest meth-producing countries: Myanmar and Mexico. It’s legal in Afghanistan ...

Myanmar authorities have announced that they had seized almost half a ton of crystal meth worth over US$4 million (RM18.8 million).