KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Sunday, January 05, 2025

Just found--direct link between Myan opium production and 2021 coup--

In 2022, the area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar was estimated at 40,100 (29,000 to 62,900) hectares. This estimate is 33% greater, or about 10,000 more hectares than in 2021, reversing the downward trend that started in 2014.

Myanmar Opium Survey 2022

KyiMayKaung

Sunday, January 05, 2025

Just found--direct link between Myan opium production and 2021 coup--

Bookstores in Old Town Karkov, Poland. I will always remember my time there--1968-9.

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