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Opium production rose 33% in Myanmar, the first season after the military’s violent takeover of the country, a U.N. report released Thursday. This jump signifies enhanced sophistication in farming practices, and points to an alarming interest in growing …

The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

A suo-moto case has been opened at Moreh Police Station under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act for further investigation.

Foreign governments need to make good on their pledges to intervene in the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice.

Myanmar Crisis ‘Has Been Forgotten’ U.N. Rapporteur: Myanmar Crisis ‘Has Been F… | View Comments () In the days leading up to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, Tom Andrews spent his time assuring people that a coup was not actually going to happen.

The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have dropped off and the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade,

The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar, rising to a nine-year high, according to the UN. It touched nearly 795 metric tonnes in 2022, nearly double the production in 2021 – 423 metric tonnes – the year of the military coup.

Devotees are returning in greater numbers to a central Myanmar temple, built around the gold-lined footprints of Buddha, after the Covid pandemic and a military coup curbed the annual pilgrimage.The Shwe Sat Taw pagoda in the Magway region,