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2. Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) - Wikipedia

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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. [1] [4] [5] 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, a Golden Triangle Park, and no opium ...

3. Ban Sop Ruak - Wikipedia

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   Ban Sop Ruak (Thai: บ้านสบรวก) is a village in Wiang subdistrict of Chiang Saen District in Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand. The village is situated at the confluence of the Ruak River and the Mekong River which form the tripoint border of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos.

4. Chiang Rai - Wikipedia

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   Chiang Rai was established as a capital city in the reign of King Mangrai, in 1262 CE. Chiang Rai ... The Golden Triangle, the tripoint of the Thailand, ...

5. Chiang Rai province - Wikipedia

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   Chiang Rai was founded in 1262. Populations have dwelled in Chiang Rai since the 7th century and it became the center of the Lanna Kingdom during the 13th century. The region, rich in natural resources, was occupied by the Burmese until 1786. Chiang Rai province's golden triangle bordering Laos and Burma was once the hub of opium production.

6. Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone - Wikipedia

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   The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is located along the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet. [10]: 103 The zone is midway (20.361150, 100.099807) between Houay Xay, the capital of Laos' Bokeo Province, and Tachileik, Myanmar.

7. Mae Salong - Wikipedia

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   The hilltop village of Santikhiri on the mountain of Doi Mae Salong, January 2019. The origins of the Mae Salong community go back to the end of the Chinese Civil War.In October 1949, after Mao Zedong's communist party victory in China, the defeated Kuomintang (KMT) armies led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan, except for the 3rd and 5th Regiments of the 93rd Division, which ...