The Golden Triangle is a large, mountainous region of approximately 200,000 km 2 (77,000 sq mi) [1] in northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand and northern Laos, centered on the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers.

Jan 8, 2025 · The Golden Triangle is a mountainous region in Southeast Asia where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet near the confluence of the Mekong and Ruak rivers. The region has long been associated with drug cartels and the illicit cultivation and trade of opium.

Mar 21, 2024 · The rise of a multibillion dollar trafficking, drug, and scam industry marks a reboot for the Golden Triangle as a global criminal hotspot.

The Golden Triangle is an area of around 350,000 square kilometers that overlaps the mountains of three countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. The Golden Triangle originally designated the confluence of the Sop Ruak River and the Mekong river and may have been coined to describe the payment of gold for opium.

Sep 20, 2021 · In this article we tell you what Thailand’s Golden Triangle is, which are its main highlights for the traveler, and finaly we propose a complete two-day route to get to know Thailand’s Golden Triangle.

Dec 11, 2021 · Their beat: a mountainous section of the Thailand-Myanmar border in Asia's notorious drug trafficking heartland, the Golden Triangle. Their targets: armed smugglers hiking from Myanmar. Soon, the soldiers spotted a group of …

May 6, 2024 · The meandering Mekong River divides Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos at a geographical point colloquially known as the Golden Triangle. On the Southwestern banks lies Thailand, an economic powerhouse in the region.

May 11, 2018 · The term “Golden Triangle” refers to an area of about 367,000 square miles found in South Asia. Located within the triangle are three countries: Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. These countries are located at the convergence point of Rivers Mekong and Ruak.

Known to locals as Sop Ruak, the Golden Triangle is the English-language nickname for the hilly, forested area in the north of Thailand, where it meets Laos and Myanmar. Despite the region’s fraught history, today it’s a serene landscape where you can explore coffee plantations, traditional villages and slow, winding rivers, as well as one ...

May 23, 2024 · The Golden Triangle is a region of Southeast Asia which has become famous for its opium production. Since the 1950s, the Golden Triangle and neighboring Golden Crescent have dominated worldwide opium production, with the drug trade in …