War-Torn Myanmar Sees Opium Boom as Farmers Turn to Poppies

TaiwanPlus News 2024-03-19

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Myanmar is seeing a boom in opium production as its farmers turn to the cash crop out of desperation. The country has now surpassed Afghanistan as the world's leading producer of the narcotic amid an ongoing civil war.

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