With a phalanx of orange-robed monks seated behind him and a battalion of peasant soldiers in front, Colonel Yawd Serk rose to address his people in their mountain-top fortress on Myanmar's side...
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15 Jan 1998
Feared warriors who once fought for notorious drug warlord Khun Sa have reunited in a 15,000-strong guerilla army to confront the military regime in Rangoon.
8:18PM
22 Oct 1997
The Burmese junta repeatedly claims it is taking steps to stem the massive outflow of heroin and opium from its borders.
12:16PM
4 Oct 1997
Journalist Tiziano Terzani - the Far East correspondent for Der Spiegel - is perhaps best known for his reportage on the mainland in the mid-1980s, which so irritated the authorities that they...
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13 Jan 1997
As smuggling towns go, Taunggyi, capital of the wild Shan State, must be one of the most successful.
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24 Aug 1996
A Thai woman accused of helping opium warlord Khun Sa retain $33 million in drug trafficking proceeds told a court yesterday that she was his daughter.
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A woman accused of helping opium warlord Khun Sa retain $33 million in drug trafficking proceeds appeared at Eastern Court. The case against Apawee Apitummakoob, 40, was adjourned to August 23....
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A THAI journalist who visited the headquarters of the 'world's most dangerous man' about 10 days ago found Khun Sa in a fit of deep depression. The opium warlord had normally been only too happy...
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KUALA LUMPUR: Washington lost its bid to extradite a Thai merchant wanted in the United States for drug trafficking.
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