Mopium production in Myanmar dated back during the period of Konbaung dynasty. In aftermath of the Chinese civil war, some Kuomintang loyalists stranded in Burma became involved in opium trade in Burma, supported by the US government. Most of the opium produced by the former-Kuomintang soldiers was shipped south to Thailand. One of the most notorious figure in Myanmar drug business was Khun Sa, who was also trained by Burmese Army and the Kuomintang. Khun Sa operations said to have dominated the drug trade network in the Golden Triangle area giving him the title "Opium King". Khun Sa influence began to decline in 1990s and he surrendered himself to the authorities in 1996. North Korea The international isolation imposed at North Korea has made the North Korean regime rely on illicit activities to support its economy, drug trade being one of the illicit activities that is used by the regime. The North Korean regime was known to have operated a drug trading activities varying from opium to methamphetamine. The regime drug trade network dated back in 1970s, when then leader Kim Il Sung sanctioned the creation of opium farm in the country. The methamphetamine trade was dated back around 1990s, the regime was known to have spreading the drugs to China Jilin Province as its important transshipment which was later shipped to countries such as Philippines, the United States, Hong Kong, Thailand, western Africa and others. In 2001, income from illegal drugs amounted to between $500 million and $1 billion. In 2003, the North Korean owned cargo ship Pong Su was intercepted importing heroin into Australia. The ship was suspected of being involved in smuggling almost 125 kilograms (276 lb) of heroin into Australia with an estimated street value of A$160 million. Netherlands As early as 1996, the Netherlands was labelled as a narco-state in a French government report. Since then, the question of whether the Netherlands is actually a narco-state has been asked many times and the answer depends strongly on which characteristics are attributed to a narco-state. In any case, the size of the drug sector in the Netherlands suggests that drug crime has been a persistent problem in the Netherlands for years and that the fight against it constantly poses complex questions to politics and criminal justice. In 2018, several police detectives stated in a report by the Dutch Police Association that the Netherlands "already exhibited a