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[2] [3] The name "Golden Triangle" was coined by Marshall Green, a U.S. State Department official, in 1971 in a press conference on the opium trade. [4] [5] [1] Today, the Thai side of the river confluence, Sop Ruak, has become a tourist attraction, with the House of Opium Museum, a Hall of Opium, and a Golden Triangle Park, and no opium ...
Lao police have seized a record haul of illicit drugs in the Golden Triangle region, two security sources in Thailand confirmed on Thursday, in what the United Nations said was Asia's largest ...
In Thailand, it went by ya khayan ('hard-working pill'), then as ya maa ('horse medicine'), and then ya ba ('crazy pill') in 1996. [5] According to an episode of the television series Drugs, Inc. , it is commonly referred to in north Thailand as chocalee , due to its alleged sweet taste and chocolatey smell. [ 6 ]
Hawaii Hochi (1912-2023) Hawaii Holomua (Honolulu) (1891–1895) [1] Hawaiian Gazette (1865-1918) [2] Hawaii Island Journal; Hilo Tribune (1895–1917) [3] The Honolulu Advertiser (1856–2010) [4] Honolulu Record; Honolulu Star-Bulletin (1882–2010) [5] Honolulu Weekly; Ka Nupepa Kuokoa; Ko Hoku o Ka Pakipika (1861-1863) [6] Molokai Island Times
The Golden Triangle region, which Myanmar is part of, is pinpointed in this map. Opium production in Myanmar has historically been a major contributor to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Myanmar is the world's largest producer of opium, producing some 25% of the world's opium, and forms part of the Golden Triangle. [1]
Poison Profits. A HuffPost / WNYC investigation into lead contamination in New York City
Traders of the Golden Triangle. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN B006GMID5K. Hersh, Seymour M. (21 July 1972). "C.I.A. aides assail Asia drug charge: Agency fights reports that it ignored heroin traffic among allies of U.S." The New York Times. p. A1. Lask, Thomas (21 July 1972). "Bonanza in 'Golden Triangle' ". The New York Times. p. A31.
The Golden Triangle is one of Asia's main opium-producing areas with the other area being the Golden Crescent. The triangle is an area of roughly 350,000 square kilometers that overlaps the mountainous regions of four nations of Southeast Asian: Myanmar also known as Burma, Laos, and Thailand. The Golden Crescent is located at the intersection ...