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Drug trade
![Yaba: The Red Pills and the Rohingya Yaba: The Red Pills and the Rohingya](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18146491323454.jpg)
Yaba: The Red Pills and the Rohingya
By Siddharthya Roy
Bangladesh’s cities are awash with red methamphetamine pills that come in from Myanmar.
![Legalizing Opium Won't Work for Afghanistan Legalizing Opium Won't Work for Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-06_16-45-26.jpg)
Legalizing Opium Won't Work for Afghanistan
By Adam Wunische
Opium fuels the insurgency in Afghanistan and its eradication is a top priority. But legalization isn't the answer.
![It’s Time ASEAN Took a Good Look at Its Gallows It’s Time ASEAN Took a Good Look at Its Gallows](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-30_14-22-08.jpg)
It’s Time ASEAN Took a Good Look at Its Gallows
By Luke Hunt
The bloc has rarely discussed the death penalty. It is time it did.
![A Surge in Southeast Asian Transnational Crime? A Surge in Southeast Asian Transnational Crime?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-02_10-30-07.jpg)
A Surge in Southeast Asian Transnational Crime?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Officials worry a borderless ASEAN could complicate their efforts to tackle transnational crime.
![Murder on the Mekong Murder on the Mekong](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sizes/thumbnail/10192_524a2efc80298.jpg)
Murder on the Mekong
The killing of a dozen Chinese workers in Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle has prompted an assertive response from China. Too assertive for some of its neighbors.
![Golden Triangle Comeback Golden Triangle Comeback](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sizes/thumbnail/7731_5243b778415f9.jpg)
Golden Triangle Comeback
One of Asia’s main opium producing areas, the Golden Triangle, is back in business—with a helping hand from Iran.
Afghanistan Opium Report & Drug Therapist Mao
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