Sean Williams

But even in 22 years since that happened, the whole drug industry has changed for North Korea. So they've got more into meth. I mean, who isn't into meth these days?

Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, again, it's the 90s that change everything, right? So the 2003 Pongsu, that's the tail end of North Korea being deep into heroin because it's poppy fields. It's grown its own, basically. It's homegrown heroin and it was selling it on the international market.

Yeah, again, it's the 90s that change everything, right? So the 2003 Pongsu, that's the tail end of North Korea being deep into heroin because it's poppy fields. It's grown its own, basically. It's homegrown heroin and it was selling it on the international market.

Yeah, again, it's the 90s that change everything, right? So the 2003 Pongsu, that's the tail end of North Korea being deep into heroin because it's poppy fields. It's grown its own, basically. It's homegrown heroin and it was selling it on the international market.

Until the mid to late 90s, the famine hits, all of these poppy fields freeze over, and they kind of lose the entire industry from that point. They never get it back. So they do what is happening in the Golden Triangle, as I'm sure you know well, in the mid 90s, is they just switch to yaba, meth, crazy pills.

Until the mid to late 90s, the famine hits, all of these poppy fields freeze over, and they kind of lose the entire industry from that point. They never get it back. So they do what is happening in the Golden Triangle, as I'm sure you know well, in the mid 90s, is they just switch to yaba, meth, crazy pills.

Until the mid to late 90s, the famine hits, all of these poppy fields freeze over, and they kind of lose the entire industry from that point. They never get it back. So they do what is happening in the Golden Triangle, as I'm sure you know well, in the mid 90s, is they just switch to yaba, meth, crazy pills.

It's all the rage all over the Golden Triangle, especially in Burma, Myanmar, where it's getting made by the Wa, this crazy kind of ethnic Chinese tribe on the border with China.

It's all the rage all over the Golden Triangle, especially in Burma, Myanmar, where it's getting made by the Wa, this crazy kind of ethnic Chinese tribe on the border with China.

It's all the rage all over the Golden Triangle, especially in Burma, Myanmar, where it's getting made by the Wa, this crazy kind of ethnic Chinese tribe on the border with China.

Yeah, they are an interesting bunch. I've met a few of those guys. They're really nice, actually, because they don't give a crap. No one cares what they do in Myanmar. So they're under no threat whatsoever. So they just like chat to you openly.

Yeah, they are an interesting bunch. I've met a few of those guys. They're really nice, actually, because they don't give a crap. No one cares what they do in Myanmar. So they're under no threat whatsoever. So they just like chat to you openly.

Yeah, they are an interesting bunch. I've met a few of those guys. They're really nice, actually, because they don't give a crap. No one cares what they do in Myanmar. So they're under no threat whatsoever. So they just like chat to you openly.

Yeah, he knows better than anyone. He's such a great writer.

Yeah, he knows better than anyone. He's such a great writer.

Yeah, he knows better than anyone. He's such a great writer.

Yes, but in my sample size of about five guys, they're lovely.