Opium farming takes root in Myanmar’s war-racked landscape
For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...
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Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Aung Hla was forced off his land in Moe Bye village by fighting ... He says he regrets growing the substance — the core ...
Myanmar's junta turns to Russia for support in civil war
Myanmar's junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, visited Moscow for high-level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.
UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar
The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from ...
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‘We feel unsafe’: Opium farming takes root in Myanmar’s war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...
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In Myanmar’s fields of fear, farmers sow opium poppies for survival
Aung Hla was forced off his land in Moe Bye village ... the core ingredient in heroin – but said the income is the only thing separating him from starvation.
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Roadmap for mutually beneficial co-operation
President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko held talks in Minsk with Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Administrative Council of the ...
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Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Aung Hla was forced off his land in Moe Bye village ... the core ingredient in heroin -- but said the income is the only thing separating him from starvation. "If anyone were in my shoes, they ...