Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17 per cent in the past year ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to a ...

Myanmar now the world’s main source of illicit opium following decline of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the UN says.

There were signs that heroin from Myanmar is reaching markets in Europe previously supplied by Afghanistan, with several ...

What happens in Myanmar 'will shape drug markets in the region and far beyond, and requires urgent action,' says UNODC ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged to a ten-year high, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, underscoring how ...

The elections are a clear attempt by the regime to gain legitimacy and sideline the government in exile. But they open the ...

More than 2,400 mines – many of which are operated by Chinese companies – are draining waste into river waters, researchers ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for several thousand ...

Bangkok (Thailand), 3 December 2025 – Myanmar’s opium poppy cultivation is at a ten-year peak, the United Nations Office on ...

For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok ...

Some flood-hit regions of Southeast Asia experienced their heaviest November rains since 2012, according to an Agence France ...