Miners working in a ruby mine in Mogok on 16 May, 2019 / Photo: AFP
28 September 2023
Since the coup, there has been a significant increase in drug use among mine workers in...
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26 June 2023
The cheap, easy, and fast production of synthetic drugs has radically transformed illicit...
01 October 2022
The Tanintharyi Guerrilla Force seized illicit drugs from a boat on the Lelthit River in...
This file photo taken on August 26, 2021 shows former Nakhon Sawan province district police station chief Thitisan Utthanaphon, nicknamed "Joe Ferrari", leaving the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, after he surrendered to authorities following accusations of torture and suffocation to death of a drug suspect. Photo: AFP
09 June 2022
A flashy Thai cop nicknamed 'Joe Ferrari' for his taste in fast cars was on Wednesday...
A haze of pollution sitting over the city's skyline in Taipei. AFP PHOTO
14 January 2022
A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death for attempting to smuggle 400 kilograms...
25 December 2021
The Chin Defense Force (CDF-DAI) issued a statement that bans the transport and sale of...
24 November 2021
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Battalion No. 1 issued a warning on November 22 not to...
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31 October 2021
A major drugs bust in Laos this week has led to attention on Myanmar’s meth factories...
10 August 2021
A Naga ethnic militia group prosecuted one policeman and two civilians involved in...
A firefighter walks past a burning pile of seized illegal drugs during a destruction ceremony to mark the United Nations' "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking" in Yangon on June 26, 2021. Photo:AFP
27 June 2021
Myanmar authorities torched over half a billion dollars’ worth of narcotics across the...
Ampoules of seized injectable narcotics are displayed during a 'Destruction Ceremony of Seized Narcotic Drugs', held to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2020, in Yangon. Photo: EPA
25 May 2021
Coup leader and Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing’s attempt to reassert full military...
A Myanmar official wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) stands in front of a pile of methamphetamine pills during a 'Destruction Ceremony of Seized Narcotic Drugs', held to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2020, in Yangon, Myanmar, 26 June 2020.Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
25 January 2021
The alleged ringleader of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most...

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