Myanmar has suffered more than half a year of unrest since the military seized power, removing the democratically elected government on February 1. The National League for Democracy party (NLD) won a landslide victory in Myanmar’s general elections in November. But after the military claimed unsubstantiated electoral fraud, it seized power and ousted the government.…
In Mekong region, drug trade thrives
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Johanna Son Founder/editor of the Reporting ASEAN series
published : 15 Jul 2021 at 04:00
14 Confiscated synthetic drugs, including 167 kilogrammes of ketamine as well as other popular recreational drugs, in this file photo from April 7. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
An example of a resilient business model in hard times? Indeed, except that this describes how the synthetic drug industry has been expanding in East and Southeast Asia, home to the Mekong region which is the manufacturing and trafficking hub that supplies illicit drugs that reach not just the wider Asia but the globe.
Referring to a report on the synthetic drug situation, Inshik Sim, drug programme analyst for Southeast Asia and the Pacific for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said: Covid-19 has had very, very limited impact and especially in the Mekong region, we don t see much impact of Covid-19,
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American Journalist Detained in Myanmar
Voice of America
25 May 2021, 06:05 GMT+10
A U.S. journalist working for a news magazine in Myanmar has been detained by authorities, according to his news organization.
Frontier Myanmar said on Twitter that its managing editor, Danny Fenster, was detained Monday at the main Yangon International Airport while preparing to board a flight to Malaysia and was transferred to Yangon s Insein Prison. We do not know why Danny was detained and have not been able to contact him, the news magazine said. We are concerned for his well-being and call for his immediate release. Our priorities now are to make sure he is safe and provide him with whatever assistance he needs, it said.
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