Myanmar became the world's largest opium producer after the coup… ”overtaking Afghanistan”

According to foreign media such as the Associated Press on the 12th, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced in a report released on the same day that Myanmar produced about 1,080 tons of opium this year, the world's largest.

Compared to last year's opium production of 790 tons, it increased by about 37%.

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Opium is made from a substance extracted from poppies, which when processed again becomes heroin.

The so-called 'Golden Triangle', the border area between Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos, is considered a world-class drug production area.

In particular, Myanmar is known to have significantly increased opium production following the military coup in 2021.

UNODC said, “Amid extreme chaos, farmers in outlying areas are choosing to grow poppies for a living,” and analyzed that the increase in opium production in Myanmar is closely related to poverty, government vacuum, and political and economic instability.

The report predicted that the recent armed conflict between ethnic armed groups and the Myanmar military in Myanmar's border areas will accelerate the trend of increased opium production.

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7 And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God. We have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and prospered. 2 chronicles 14:7

We praise God who is our King and is worthy of praise!

Now in Myanmar, society is in chaos after the coup and people don't know where to put their minds.

Since making a living is very difficult, they are making up for it by producing more opium and harming themselves.

Lord, please hold their hearts and let them know that it is only God who can give them peace.

I hope that the empty and anxious people of Myanmar will seek the Lord more through this time.

Lord, please help those who are waiting and wants to meet God.

Please help them realize and know that only God gives peace that the world cannot give.

So, let them abandon all the idols they have held onto until now and become people who loves only God more.

Please make them a nation that spreads God.