“Prince Prosperous” Pt. 1: Khun Sa
Aug 21, 2020•39 min•Ep. 99
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Episode description
By the early 1950s, the teenaged Khun Sa was already a militia leader in war-torn northeast Burma (present-day Myanmar). Over the next decade, his power as a warlord only increased. When the Burmese government came to him with an offer of allyship, he set himself up to become the “Opium King” of the Golden Triangle.
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