Myanmar (Free subscription) | 29/02/2008
A drug gang in Burma led by Naw Kham, who once served under drug lord Khun Sa as a member of the disbanded Mong Tai Army, was behind a surprise attack on a Chinese maritime police boat on the Mekong R...
ComingAnarchy.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Via ChicagoBoyz this link to Kent's Imperative titled, “Enigmatic biographies of the damned.” Via the Economist this week, we learn of the death of an adversary whose kind has nearly been forgotten. Khun Sa was a warlord who amassed a private army and smuggling operation which dominated Asian heroin trafficking from remotest Burma over the course [...]
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/12/2007
The title of this book is somewhat misleading. It is not either/or: it is perfectly possible to be both. Fifteen years ago, observers argued whether Khun Sa's Mong Tai Army was a narco-army or a basic...
Chicago Boyz (Free subscription) | 18/11/2007
Kent's Imperative had a post up that would have been worthy of Coming Anarchy: Enigmatic biographies of the damned “….Via the Economist this week, we learn of the death of an adversary whose kind has nearly been forgotten. Khun Sa was a warlord who amassed a private army and smuggling operation which dominated Asian heroin trafficking [...]
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 11/11/2007
A ghost from the 1970s has conjured up lots of names -- from former President Jimmy Carter to Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda, from Mary King and Cuban spymaster Julian Rizzo to Dr. Peter Bourne and Khun Sa, a Burmese drug lord.
The Economist (Free subscription) | 08/11/2007
Khun Sa (Chang Chi-fu), master of the heroin trade, died on October 26th, aged 73 PREPARATIONS for his surrender, on January 7th 1996, were something to see. At Ho Mong camp in the Shan state--a town of 6,000 people, idyllically surrounded by forested hills and poppy fields, in the remotest part of northern Myanmar--hundreds of rifles had been arranged on long wooden racks. Behind them, thousands...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2007
BANGKOK, Nov. 2 - Khun Sa, the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region's "kill or be killed" cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies, has died at 7...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/11/2007
Authoritatively regarded as the world's most prolific heroin trafficker, Khun Sa, also known as Chan Chi-Fu, was once dubbed “the Prince of Death”. He died facing a charge of having exported 1,000 tons of heroin to the US.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/11/2007
Khun Sa, a former drug warlord who headed a guerrilla army once described by the U.S. government as the world's largest producer of heroin, has died in Myanmar. He was 74.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/11/2007
Chang Shi-fu (Khun Sa), guerrilla leader and drugs baron: born 17 February 1933; died Rangoon 26 October 2007.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2007
Khun Sa was a publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region's kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies.
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2007
Khun Sa, 73, once known as the "Lord of the Golden Triangle" and described as "the worst enemy the world has", died this week. Years after his "retirement" as a drug lord, the region's narcotics trade still flourishes thanks to the networks and official complicity that he established in Myanmar, Thailand and elsewhere. Bertil Lintner, who met Khun Sa twice, recounts his history and legacy.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2007
Khun Sa was a publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region's kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 30/10/2007
BBC News At the height of his power, Asian warlord Khun Sa, who died this week, commanded an army of thousands and supplied as much as a quarter of the world's heroin.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 30/10/2007
Khun Sa was the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region's kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies.
