BANGKOK, Thailand — Khun Sa, a drug lord once described by the U.S. government as the world’s largest producer of heroin, has died, an associate and a Myanmar official said Tuesday. He was 74. The ...

Among the opium-growing hill tribes in the Golden Triangle, where people hang magic wings on the roof to ward off evil, word has it that Khun Sa`s luck is running out. The opium warlord, believed to ...

Khuensai Jaiyen, a former secretary of Khun Sa who works with ethnic Shan minority guerrilla groups, said that his former boss died in the Myanmar capital of Yangon on Friday, according to his ...

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? Kelvin Rowley considers the life, death and legacy of drug kingpin Khun Sa, once known as king of the ‘Golden Triangle.’ On November 9 last ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. KHUN SA, the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region's kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and ...

One-time drug warlord Khun Sa, variously described as among the world's most wanted men and a great liberation fighter, died in Myanmar at the age of 74 last week, an associate said yesterday.

One-time drug warlord Khun Sa, who called himself a freedom fighter but who headed a guerrilla army once described by the U.S. government as the world's largest producer of heroin, has died in Myanmar ...

A Burmese opium warlord will face trial even if he surrenders as promised, a Burmese diplomat said Friday, countering allegations that Burma was offering amnesty to the internationally sought outlaw. ...

Khun Sa, a former drug warlord who headed a guerrilla army once described by the U.S. government as the world’s largest producer of heroin, has died in Myanmar. He was 74. Khuensai Jaiyen, a former ...

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