Two bombs were dropped on Tabayin township in Sagaing region on Friday evening, with one hitting a busy teashop, local ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war ...

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

Meth production and opium poppy cultivation are growing and expanding in Myanmar, according to the UN, with many armed groups ...

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

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

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

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

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

Pollution from rare earth mining in Myanmar is tainting rivers in Southeast Asia, threatening farmers, fishermen, and entire ...

The country’s conflict is also having a countervailing impact on average poppy yields, which “sharply decreased” in 2025.

According to the Washington-based Stimson Center, the past decade has seem a spike in unregulated mining activity in Myanmar, ...