BANGKOK--There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which ... is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar ...

BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which ... is harvested from poppy flowers.

An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State ... Since descending into a full-blown civil conflict nearly four years ago, after the military overthrew the elected government, Myanmar ...

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh last week posted visuals of the security forces destroying illegal opium poppy cultivation in different districts. He said the 'war on drugs' campaign will ...

Southeast Asian country is now the world’s largest producer of opium and one of the largest manufacturers of synthetic drugs ...