The History of Kokong, or Gokan Haras, in Burma

In and around ko kong, the big cash crop, by a landslide, going back to the 18 hundreds, was opium. Because the opium business was so popular, it led to a heck of a lot of cash sloshing around the region. And in a dynamic like that, gambling and organized crime was certain to follow in opium's wake. In one of these ming loyalists was another lesser known family, surnamed yang who were based in chang su around nanching. This yang clan fought the good fight gainst the manchus and retreated as far as undan province before fleeing into burma. They set up their own state within a state, and they