Last week’s earthquake only compounds Myanmar’s decades-long disaster of misrule by corrupt and brutal generals.

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields ... get by," he told AFP in rural Pekon township of eastern Shan state. He says he regrets growing the substance — the ...

on the border of Karen State and southern Shan State, on February 10, 2025. [AFP] Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the ...

PEKON, Myanmar – Scraping opium resin off a seed ... hard to get by,” he said in the rural Pekon township of eastern Shan state. Mr Aung Hla says he regrets growing the substance – the ...

but we are just trying hard to get by," he told AFP in rural Pekon township of eastern Shan state. He says he regrets growing the substance -- the core ingredient in heroin -- but said the income is ...

The country's military chief says 1,700 people have died as a result of the quake, as Bangkok rescuers continue to search ...