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UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a riseThe Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that after three consecutive years of growth, the area where opium is cultivated fell by 4% to 45,200 ...
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 ...
Despite a slight decrease in opium production, the UNODC warned that ... and the Wa would be one more indigenous people preyed upon by Myanmar’s military.” Regional methamphetamine seizures ...
(12/18/24) Canada will tighten its borders in the face of Trump tariff threats, opium production falls slightly in Myanmar, and more. Dallas wasn't the only Texas locality to vote to decriminalize ...
Myanmar has the lowest profits from rice production compared to those achieved by farmers in Asia’s other rice bowls. In 2013-2014, the net margin/profit from producing monsoon rice paddy averaged ...
In the Shan region of Myanmar the opium poppy is known as ‘the peace flower’, which is ironic as criminal gangs fight for dominance over its lucrative trade. After the coup of 1988 ...
Despite a slight decrease in opium production, the UNODC warned that the conditions were in place for its continued expansion. The pandemic was good for Myanmar’s drug trafficking syndicates.
and every region except the southern one had an increase in opium production. The Northern region saw a tremendous 324% increase, followed by the Northeastern at 55% and Eastern at 44%.
A shortfall of 1,009 MW in electricity generation stems from the destruction of 14 transmission links to power plants, Myanmar's power ministry said in a statement. An accompanying production drop ...
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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