After the military seized power in 2021, sparking social and economic turmoil and armed conflict across the country, opium has become more important to some farmers struggling to get by.
BY AFP
The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
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