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    Change brewing in Burma's poppy country?
    July 16, 2018in Lead Story, News1396by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Change brewing in Burma's poppy country?

    There’s been a steady decline in the cultivation of opium poppy in recent years. From 2015 to 2017, the production of poppy has decreased from 54,000 hectares to 41,000 hectares,…

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    Burma, Thailand incinerate $800 million worth of drugs
    June 26, 2017in Drugs, Lead Story, News529by REUTERS & DVB
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    Burma, Thailand incinerate $800 million worth of drugs

    Burma remains one of the world’s largest producers of illicit drugs, including opium, heroin and methamphetamines.

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    Over 100 arrested on drug charges during Burma’s water festival
    April 19, 2017in Drugs, Lead Story, News593by DVB
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    Over 100 arrested on drug charges during Burma’s water festival

    The number of drug-related arrests during the Thingyan water festival was higher than last year, Burma’s national police announced today.

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    Drug smuggler, thought to be Burmese ethnic, shot dead in Thailand
    January 27, 2017in Drugs, Lead Story, News340by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Drug smuggler, thought to be Burmese ethnic, shot dead in Thailand

    The unidentified man was found lying dead with a green rucksack on his back containing methamphetamine pills.

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    December 27, 2016in Drugs, Lead Story, News255by REUTERS
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    Farmers struggle to turn away from illicit but lucrative opium

    At a remote farm about two hours away from Loikaw, capital of Karenni State, farmers scrape out raw opium from the poppies they’ve grown.

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    Kuki villagers call for halt to gold mining
    November 22, 2016in Chin, Environment, Land, Lead Story, Natural resources, News, Uncategorized1153by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Kuki villagers call for halt to gold mining

    Ethnic villagers in Sagaing Division say that gold mining along the fourth largest river in Burma is ruining farmland and causing tension in the community

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