The Opium Wars weren’t just about drugs they were about power, profit, and empire. This video series breaks down how ...

Myanmar authorities incinerated illegal drugs valued at USD 300 million to combat rampant trafficking. The destruction ...

Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs with massive drug-burning ceremonies taking ...

The UN highlighted that before the reduction in poppy cultivation, Afghanistan's opium reserves could have been worth between $4.6 billion and $5.9 billion, representing 23-29% of the country's ...

In 2024, opium prices reached ₹ 65,486 per kilogram, a tenfold growth from ₹ 6,535 per kilogram in 2022 when the Taliban government banned poppy growing, the Vienna-based UN Office on Drugs ...

BANGKOK - Opium production in Myanmar has fallen for the first time since a military coup in 2021, the UN said on Dec 12, but the country remains the world’s biggest producer of the narcotic.

Opium production in Myanmar has fallen for the first time since a military coup in 2021, the UN said Thursday, but the country remains the world's biggest producer of the narcotic. Poppies have long ...

BANGKOK (AP) — 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 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — 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 ...

The 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 ...

UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world ...