The multi-ethnic town has seen several standoffs between Kachin and Ta’ang armed organizations who are jostling for territory in the region after driving the junta out.
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The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and the Taichung City Government received bomb threats this week, as the Shen Yun Performing Arts dance troupe began its tour of Taiwan in Keelung on Thursday.
For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...
“Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by,” he told AFP in rural Pekon ...
Myanmar matters — as a challenge in the battle between democracy and authoritarianism, as a contest for influence between the ...
For those displaced by relentless conflict in the world’s biggest producer of opium, poppy farming offers a fragile lifeline.