Opium, heroin, meth among $300 mn worth drugs destroyed by Myanmar | Watch

Major cities across the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar on Thursday, 26 June 2025, burnt and destroyed nearly $300 million of confiscated illegal drugs, reported the news agency AP.  Opium, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, ketamine, and ice which is …

Myanmar burns confiscated drugs worth around US$300 million

YANGON: Nearly US$300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs were destroyed in Myanmar's major cities on Thursday (Jun 26) to mark the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, officials said. The drug burnings came …

Myanmar seeks to join EAEU as observer — prime minister

MINSK, June 26. /TASS/. Myanmar seeks to join the Eurasian Economic Union as an observer, Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing said at the group’s meeting in Belarus. "Myanmar sincerely seeks to join the EAEU," he said. According to the …

Myanmar set to hold election by January 2026

NAY PYI TAW, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that the election will be held during December this year and January next year, state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar …

Myanmar torches $300m of drugs in declining annual haul

Smoke rises during a destruction ceremony of seized illegal drugs in Yangon on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP) Yangon: Myanmar's junta torched seized narcotics worth an estimated $300 million on Thursday, but a senior police officer …

Myanmar burns confiscated drugs worth around $300 million

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Nearly $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs were destroyed in Myanmar's major cities on Thursday to mark the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, officials said. The drug burnings came …

UN expert urges rejection of Myanmar election ‘fraud’

By AFP Elections being planned by Myanmar’s ruling junta are a ploy to feign legitimacy and should be rejected by the international community as a “fraud”, a United Nations expert said Wednesday. Myanmar has been engulfed in a brutal conflict since …

Myanmar burns about $460m worth of confiscated drugs

The destroyed drugs included opium, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, ketamine and the stimulant known as ice, or crystal meth, Yangon Police Brigadier General Sein Lwin said in a speech at a drug-burning ceremony on Thursday.

Myanmar burns confiscated drugs worth around $300 million

Myanmar junta eyes December-January for elections despite war, boycotts

YANGON, June 26 — Myanmar’s junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors. The military deposed Myanmar’s civilian …