Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opium poppy buds at an illegal field in Hopong, a town in Myanmar's Shan State, in 2019 [File: Ye Aung Thu/AFP] Opium poppy ...

Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar's law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other endangered species risks further fuelling demand in China for rare wildlife ...

Scientists have identified practical fertilizer strategies that can help rice farmers in Myanmar boost their profits, protect the environment, and improve food security. Recent research, led by an ...

Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium in 2023 - Copyright AFP STR Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of ...

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

A displaced resident working in an illegal poppy field in Pekon Township, on the border of Karen State and southern Shan State, on February 10, 2025. [AFP] Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in ...

Myanmar's opiate economy -- including the value of domestic consumption as well as exports abroad -- is estimated between $589 million and $1.57 billion, according to the UNODC. Between September and ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A displaced resident working in an illegal poppy field in Pekon Township, on the border of ...