• 11/25/2024

Forget Afghanistan, Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, UN says

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The crisis-hit Southeast Asian nation’s legal economy has been gutted by conflict and instability since the military seized power in 2021, driving many farmers to grow opium poppies.

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