We have a glimpse this morning of life inside Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle. That's the name for a region that produces a lot of the world's opium, the raw material for heroin, among other things.

SHFE tin price jumps 12%, LME price up 11.5% Ban is aimed at protecting remaining resources April 17 (Reuters) - Myanmar's ethnic minority Wa militia will suspend all work at mines in areas it ...

The U.S. has had a profound impact on Myanmar's Wa people. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Patrick Winn about his new book, Narcotopia: In Search of... How Narcotics have shaped everything for the Wa, an ...

The U.S. has had a profound impact on Myanmar's Wa people. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Patrick Winn about his new book, Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA. We have a ...