constant submission to guards and a strict hierarchy among inmates.

the production and trafficking of drugs have not declined at all.some rebel ethnic groups have also used drug profits to fund their struggle for greater autonomy from the central government.

Packs of illegal ketamine are seen before a destruction ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Yangon.The burn coincided with the UNs International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.the capital of eastern Shan state.

Myanmar has a long history of drug production linked to political and economic insecurity caused by decades of armed conflict.The military government says some ethnic armed organizations that control large swaths of remote territory produce illicit drugs to fund their insurgencies and do not cooperate in the countrys peace process since they do not wish to relinquish the benefits they gain from the drug trade.

Bangkok Authorities in Myanmar destroyed more than $446 million worth of illegal drugs seized from around the country to mark an annual international anti-drug trafficking day on Monday.

a pile of seized drugs and precursor chemicals worth $207 million was incinerated.and Chinese President Xi Jinping wave to people on a street in Pyongyang.

following the Norths revision of party rules to reinstate the secretariat system that was scrapped in 2016.Xi was on a two-day state visit to North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.referring to the ruling Workers Party of Korea.