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Golden Triangle
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![War, Drugs, and Peace: Afghanistan and Myanmar War, Drugs, and Peace: Afghanistan and Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rtx340e5.jpg)
War, Drugs, and Peace: Afghanistan and Myanmar
By Austin Bodetti
The illegal drug trade is sabotaging peace in Afghanistan and Myanmar alike.
![Is Laos’ New Leader Really a Reformer? Is Laos’ New Leader Really a Reformer?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-12_13-12-14.jpg)
Is Laos’ New Leader Really a Reformer?
By David Hutt
The answer is much more complicated than a surface glance might suggest.
![Asia Is in the Grip of a Transnational Crime Crisis Asia Is in the Grip of a Transnational Crime Crisis](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-26_12-52-14.jpg)
Asia Is in the Grip of a Transnational Crime Crisis
By Roderic Broadhurst
Yet governments are looking the other way.
![Beyond I Am Super Student: Cambodia’s Drug Problem Beyond I Am Super Student: Cambodia’s Drug Problem](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/703_5242aa6d72d44.jpg)
Beyond I Am Super Student: Cambodia’s Drug Problem
Cambodia is slowly coming to terms with a serious drug problem.
![A New Player in the Narcotics Trade A New Player in the Narcotics Trade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sizes/thumbnail/4437_5243988752945.jpg)
A New Player in the Narcotics Trade
Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency is concerned Iranian drug syndicates are using asylum seekers as smugglers.
![UN Report: Drug Use 'Soaring' UN Report: Drug Use 'Soaring'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sizes/thumbnail/6088_5243abb0f1a3a.jpg)
UN Report: Drug Use 'Soaring'
A new UN report shows the production and use of synthetic drugs like amphetamines is soaring in Asia.
![Laos’s Chinese Gamble Laos’s Chinese Gamble](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sizes/thumbnail/9408_524a291720f9b.jpg)
Laos’s Chinese Gamble
A new casino complex is supposed to transform poor Ton Pheung into a ‘Macau on the Mekong’. But some locals are already nervous.
![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.
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