A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar's Kachin ethnic minority has been detained by the ...

The UNODC reports record production in 2023 with an 18 per cent increase in land under poppy cultivation. Civil war has led to crop replacement at the expense of rice or maize. Opium is refined ...

The ongoing escalation of the conflict in Myanmar, more than three years after the military takeover, is severely affecting ...

U.N. officials say that Myanmar’s escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a ...

The total area of opium poppy cultivation in violence-hit Manipur has declined 60 per cent since 2021, latest data from the ...

It all started with a Facebook ad. Rachel Yoong was bored and fed up at work when a job posting for a casino in the Myanmar capital Yangon popped up on her phone. The purported $4,500 monthly ...

Observers express concerns the "humiliating" loss of Myawaddy township on the Myanmar-Thai border will prompt a ...

The nationwide armed conflict in Myanmar began after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February ...

Bangkok (AsiaNews) – Myanmar’s ongoing civil war is fuelling opium production to fund the parties to the conflict as well as meet local demand. Available data show the extent of the boom ...

“Myanmar has become a global epicenter of methamphetamine and opium production, along with a rapid expansion of global cyber-scam operations, particularly in border areas,” he said.

“Myanmar has become a global epicenter of methamphetamine and opium production, along with a rapid expansion of global ...