Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year-old ...

Locals say many people earn money for the 15 days of harvest and are jobless for the rest of the year. Lashes swished and whirled through the air in a burst of celebration around a sea of opium ...

Myanmar became the world's biggest opium producer in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government launched a crackdown on the crop there - Copyright AFP ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Police uncovered a rare find while recently raiding a marijuana operation in Kau area of the Big Island -- a crop of opium poppies. More associated with the badlands of Afghanistan ...

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 ...

Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium in 2023 - Copyright AFP STR Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A displaced resident working in an illegal poppy field in Pekon Township, on the border of ...

A displaced resident working in an illegal poppy field in Pekon Township, on the border of Karen State and southern Shan State, on February 10, 2025. [AFP] Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in ...