Illegal drug trade
ASEAN Narcos: Goodbye, Golden Triangle?
Six Asian countries come together to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest drug bust.
By Jeremiah Capacillo
Opium production surges in Myanmar (poppy field map)
The United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimated in its annual Southeast Asia Opium Survey that Myanmar's opium production will rise 26...
Thailand burns $400m worth of drugs (video)
Thai authorities burned $400 million-worth of narcotics on World Drug Day on June 26 in the Thai city of Ayutthaya north of Bangkok, according...
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