Myanmar's opium poppy cultivation has hit a decade-record level, the United Nations warned Wednesday, with early indications its heroin output is now being trafficked to Western markets. War-ravaged ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has jumped to its highest level in a decade, rising 17 percent over the past year due to the country’s conflict and the attendant economic hardship, the United ...

The total opium poppy cultivation area in Chin state of Myanmar, which borders Manipur, has gone up by 26 per cent to 1,040 hectares in 2025 from 832 hectares in 2024, according to the UN’s Myanmar ...

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 ...