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Tag: Golden Triangle

Meth-making – The Edge Review

Myanmar at the heart of Asia’s synthetic drugs boom www.theedgereview.com – app/digital magazine available here (subscription required) YANGON – Located...
Posted on 21 May 2014 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Business & Economics, Drugs & Crime, Reporting from Burma/Myanmar, The Edge Review

New anti-Muslim violence in Burma – RTÉ World Report

http://www.rte.ie/news/player/world-report/2013/0602/ – radio story here. Script below. It wasn’t supposed to turn out like this. Two years into what are...
Posted on 2 June 2013 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Culture & Religion, Reporting from Burma/Myanmar, RTÉ

Burma pivotal as amphetamine use soars – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=22072 BANGKOK – Burma’s increasing amphetamine production is contributing to the worldwide rise of synthetic drugs use, with the...
Posted on 14 September 2011 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Drugs & Crime, Laos, Thailand, The Irrawaddy

After an earthquake, confusion over storms in Burma – RTÉ World Report

http://www.rte.ie/news/player.html?worldreport#programme=World%20Report “We all ran outside, our windows fell in, the walls are cracked, most of the buildings in the...
Posted on 27 March 2011 by Simon | Read More... Aid, Relief, Disasters, Burma, RTÉ

Bangkok Dangerous: US trumps Russia over ‘Merchant of Death’

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19262 BANGKOK – After months of diplomatic horse-trading and pressure, Thailand’s appeal court today ruled that Viktor Bout is...
Posted on 20 August 2010 by Simon | Read More... Drugs & Crime, Reporting from Thailand, Terrorism, Thailand, The Irrawaddy, USA
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  • IMF lowers Asia economic growth outlook after months of lockdowns – dpa international 19 October 2021
  • Pandemic’s economic impact “pales” compared to population decline, OECD says – dpa international 19 October 2021
  • TB deaths up worldwide since start of Covid pandemic – dpa international 14 October 2021
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