Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
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golden-triangle-southeast-asia-175-13372043
title:
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
text:
The Golden Triangle is a large, mountainous region of approximately 200,000 km (77,000 sq mi) in northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand and northern Laos, centered on the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers. 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. 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, an
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Opium-producing region in Southeast Asia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Southeast_Asia)
date created:
2006-03-26T20:39:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T08:32:35Z
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