Tag
Drug trade

June 04, 2018
Yaba: The Red Pills and the Rohingya
By Siddharthya Roy
Bangladesh’s cities are awash with red methamphetamine pills that come in from Myanmar.

January 05, 2017
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.

April 30, 2015
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.

January 02, 2015
A Surge in Southeast Asian Transnational Crime?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Officials worry a borderless ASEAN could complicate their efforts to tackle transnational crime.

December 09, 2011
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.

December 01, 2010
Golden Triangle Comeback
One of Asia’s main opium producing areas, the Golden Triangle, is back in business—with a helping hand from Iran.
October 22, 2009
Afghanistan Opium Report & Drug Therapist Mao
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