Myanmar’s turmoil post-coup has led to record opium production, surpassing Afghanistan, with ongoing conflicts reshaping global drug supply.
Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
BGP5 – the letters stand for Border Guard Police – was the Myanmar military junta’s last stand in northern Rakhine State, which lies along the border with Bangladesh. Video by the insurgent Arakan …
UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise
U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, but warn there are still strong prospe …
Myanmar Opium Harvest Drops For First Time Since Coup: UN
Opium production in Myanmar has fallen for the first time since a military coup in 2021, the UN said Thursday, but the country remains the world’s biggest producer of the narcotic.
Myanmar’s economy set to contract as floods and fighting take heavy toll, the World Bank says
The World Bank forecasts that Myanmar’s economy will contract this year, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its government headed by Aung San Suu K …
Myanmar’s economy likely to shrink as floods compound crisis: World Bank
In June, the bank had projected Myanmar’s economy would grow 1 per cent during the current fiscal year, which ends in March 2025, but warned of increasing poverty and escalating violence …
World Bank Sees Myanmar Economy Shrinking as Civil War Rages On
The World Bank expects Myanmar’s economy to contract in the current fiscal year, as elevated inflation, a slumping currency, and electricity and labor shortages further pressure a war-torn nation.
Myanmar and China: An American View with Michael Martin
Michael Martin, adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., returns to Beyond the Mekong amid speculation that China and Myanmar’s military junta are …
Ethnic armed group claims capture of a strategic Myanmar town and control of border with Bangladesh
One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army claims it has captured the last military outpost in a strategic western town, gaining full control of the border with …
Rebel group claims to have taken control of Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh in grinding civil war
One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army claims it has captured full control of the border with Bangladesh.