COVER STORY
Soldiers of Fortune
Burma's Wa tribe has become Asia's most dangerous drug cartel

Death of a Strongman
Ne Win made his nation what it is today: poor, paranoid and oppressed

Wa Nation
UWSA leaders plan to forcibly relocate thousands from their territory

Burma's Drug Kings
The men behind the nation's narco-empire


Burma: A Forgotten Land
With a thaw in relations between the ruling junta and the opposition, Burma is slowly opening up to the world


Asia's AIDS Crisis
The Chinese-Burmese border is the center of Asia's newest epidemic (September 30, 2002)

Chinese Junk
Over the past decade, China has become a major conduit for drugs from the Golden Triangle (May 20, 2002)


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FROM THE DEC 16, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, DEC 9, 2002

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DENNIS WONG. PHOTO BY YVAN COHEN/ASIAWORKS FOR TIME


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