Axel Kronholm
Reporter
America AbroadAxel Kronholm is a freelance journalist covering Southeast Asia and Myanmar in particular.
Axel Kronholm is a freelance journalist covering Southeast Asia and Myanmar in particular. His reporting spans over a wide range of issues but focuses mainly on politics, conflict, economic development and human rights. Apart from America Abroad, he contributes to Swedish National Public Radio, Swedish weekly news magazine Fokus, Danish daily Dagbladet Information, and Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet, among others.
Myanmar’s opium fields grow even as its government calls for complete eradication
Myanmar is one of the world’s largest producers of opium, second only to Afghanistan. And while the government has declared a goal of being drug-free by 2019, skepticism abounds among local politicians and officials — as well as the farmers who see growing opium as their only means for prosperity.
