The Golden Triangle is a large, mountainous region of approximately 200,000 km2 in northeastern Myanmar, Northern Thailand and northern Laos, centered on the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers.
Confluence of the Ruak and the Mekong, as seen from Wat Phra That Doi Pu Khao [th] in Ban Sop Ruak, Thailand
A Golden Triangle monument arch at Wat Phra That Pha Ngao [th] in Ban Sop Ruak
Aerial view of the Mekong at tripoint
Khun Sa was an ethnic Han drug lord and warlord. He was born in Hpa Hpeung village, in the Loi Maw ward of Mongyai, Northern Shan State, Burma. Before he assumed the Shan name "Khun Sa" in 1976, he wa
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
…across the border into various towns in North Thailand and down to Bangkok for further distribution to international markets. The surrender of drug lord Khun Sa's Mong Tai Army in January 1996 was hailed by Yangon as a major counter-narcotics success. Lack of government will and ability to take on major…
Khun Sa at his jungle headquarters in Myanmar (Burma), 1988
Khun Sa's forces at Ner Mone, Shan State, 1990.