MYANMAR: Where the refugees are Photo: David Swanson/IRIN   A scene at the official Kutupalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, home to around 11,000 documented Rohingya refugeesAccording to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are more than 200,000 registered Burmese refugees worldwide. However, aid groups say there are hundreds of thousands more who would be

How Myanmar’s opium growsBy Brian McCartan/ AsiaTimesOnline BANGKOK – The controversy over the scale of Myanmar’s opium production took another turn with the release of a new report that claims cultivation has surged in territories where the military government has recently taken control. The report draws more extreme conclusions than recent research released by the