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For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...

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Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in ... thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by," he told AFP in rural Pekon township of eastern Shan state.

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Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

The multi-ethnic town has seen several standoffs between Kachin and Ta’ang armed organizations who are jostling for territory in the region after driving the junta out.

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar ... 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 Shan state.