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![Myanmar Junta Admits ‘Challenges’ in Fighting Opium Cultivation, Meth Production Myanmar Junta Admits ‘Challenges’ in Fighting Opium Cultivation, Meth Production](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-28-060057.jpg)
Myanmar Junta Admits ‘Challenges’ in Fighting Opium Cultivation, Meth Production
By Sebastian Strangio
The military says it stepping up its fight against narcotics, without reckoning with its own role in the recent boom in production.
![Patrick Winn on the Narco-Economy of Myanmar’s Wa State Patrick Winn on the Narco-Economy of Myanmar’s Wa State](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-05-14-020232.jpg)
Patrick Winn on the Narco-Economy of Myanmar’s Wa State
By Sebastian Strangio
“Without heroin and meth, the state probably wouldn’t exist, and the Wa would be one more indigenous people preyed upon by Myanmar’s military.”
![How Myanmar’s United Wa State Army Responded to COVID-19 How Myanmar’s United Wa State Army Responded to COVID-19](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-07-013045.jpg)
How Myanmar’s United Wa State Army Responded to COVID-19
By Yaolong Xian
The country's most powerful armed rebel group has played a prominent role in battling the pandemic in the areas under its control.
![China Aiding Myanmar Armed Groups in Their COVID-19 Fight China Aiding Myanmar Armed Groups in Their COVID-19 Fight](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-09-24.jpg)
China Aiding Myanmar Armed Groups in Their COVID-19 Fight
By Sebastian Strangio
Beijing has long maintained close relations to the ethnic armed groups lying along its borders with Myanmar.
![Why Is Myanmar's Peace Process Still Failing? Why Is Myanmar's Peace Process Still Failing?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-03_16-06-30.jpg)
Why Is Myanmar's Peace Process Still Failing?
By Luke Hunt
Naypyidaw continues to face significant challenges as it tries to end decades of conflict.
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