Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s ... “Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by,” he said in rural Pekon township of eastern ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict.

From majestic clifftop hikes to rambles through bluebell forests and beside the sea, expert and author Julia Smith shares her ...

Fresh opium was generally sold by Myanmar farmers ... offering many job opportunities in the region, we wouldn't plant any poppy fields even if we were asked to," says farmer Shwe Khine, 43.

Myanmar's opium production was previously second only ... "Most of the farmers who plant poppy are displaced," he said. "Residents who can't live in their villages and fled to the jungle are ...

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