Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
The Golden Triangle is a region of about 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)[1] in northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand and northern Laos.[2][3] An American came up with this name in 1971.[1][4][5] Thailand has turned (part of) this region into a tourist attraction since the 2000s.[6]
This place was mentioned in the news in China in October 2011, because 13 Chinese cargo ship crew members were killed by drug lords there.[7] [8] [9]
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) Media
A Golden Triangle monument arch at Wat Phra That Pha Ngao in Ban Sop Ruak
Major heroin production regions, including the Golden Triangle
Aerial view of the Mekong at tripoint
An opium poppy pod with incisions leaking raw opium
Related page
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lintner, Bertil. Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle (in en-US). Global Investigative Journalism Network (November 28, 2022). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ↑ Sen, S.. Heroin Trafficking in the Golden Triangle. Police Journal 64 (3) (1991). p. 241. doi:10.1177/0032258X9106400310. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ↑ Golden Triangle. Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ↑ Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud. Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy (in en) (2010)Harvard University Press. p. xii, 23. ISBN 978-0-674-05134-8.
- ↑ Staff Report on Drug Abuse in the Military (in en) (1971). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. iii.
- ↑ Fuller, Thomas (2007-09-11). "The drug-running is gone, but the tourists still flock" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/world/asia/11iht-goldenside.1.7465703.html. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ↑ Armstrong, Paul. China executes drug gang over Mekong river massacre (in en). CNN (2013-03-01). Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- ↑ (in Chinese) 中国13名船员在泰国境内惨遭劫杀. 10 October 2011. http://military.china.com/important/64/20111010/16803019.html. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ Laos extradites suspect to China in Mekong massacre case. 10 May 2012. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/05/10/laos-extradites-suspect-to-china-in-mekong-massacre-case/. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
This short article about a place or feature can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.