Myanmar women work as they prepare to grow opium poppies at a poppy field Pekon township, southern Shan State, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
27 January 2023
Opium poppy production in Myanmar ramped up dramatically following the 2021 military coup...
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26 January 2023
Opium poppy production in Myanmar ramped up dramatically following the 2021 military coup...
Opium poppies at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
01 June 2021
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is warning that opium production in Myanmar...
Opium poppies at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State. Photo: EPA
05 February 2020
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar declined a further 11% in 2019 to 33,100 hectares (ha...
Opium poppies ready to be processed into heroine at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State. Photo: EPA
26 November 2019
Myanmar authorities have destroyed 438.5 acres (177.6 hectares) illegally grown opium...
Photo: CCDAC Myanmar
12 September 2019
Myanmar authorities seized 42.5 kilograms of opium worth over 25.5 million kyats (17,000...
This photo taken on February 3, 2019 shows a farmer working at an illegal poppy field in Hopong, Myanmar Shan State. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
05 February 2019
Fields of purple opium poppy stretch across the pastures and peaks of mountainous eastern...