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, ...

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta said on Dec 10 it was hunting for 10 activists who staged an anti-election protest, pursuing them under laws punishing organised dissent against the polls with up to a decade ...

This photo taken on February 11, 2025 shows sap emerging from poppies during harvest time in an illegal poppy field in Pekon Township, on the border of Karen State and southern Shan State. Myanmar in ...

A file picture showing a Myanmar farmer tending to his poppy field near Pekon township in southern Shan State. (EPA Images pic) Myanmar’s opium poppy cultivation has hit a decade-record level, the ...

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War-ravaged Myanmar is a hive of black market activity ranging from illegal mining to internet scamming and the manufacture of illicit drugs like methamphetamine and heroin. The nation has long ranked ...

Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park.

Myanmar’s opium poppy cultivation has hit a decade-record level, the United Nations warned Wednesday, with early indications its heroin output is now being trafficked to Western markets. War-ravaged ...

Myanmar’s economy will contract this year amid civil war and ongoing drag from a March earthquake, according to the World Bank, which sees growth also constrained by weak domestic demand, labor ...

Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17 per cent in the past year as conflict and economic hardship push more farmers into the illicit trade, ...