At least 162 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say. Rescue work has continued all day for people still missing at the site in the ...
Myanmar’s jade mines may yield great wealth—but they leave a long trail of death. An exclusive report By Hannah Beech/Hpakant | Photographs by adam dean When the earth collapsed, as it does ...
Myanmar’s military and ethnic armies are waging a war for control over the country’s natural resources – and the enormous profits that come with them. History may seem to be repeating, but ...
At least five people have been killed and 20 injured as police opened fire on hundreds trying to enter a jade mine in Myanmar, state media report. Fifty people tried to enter a privately-owned ...
Myanmar's Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world's most valuable jade. Demand for it is growing in China, where the stone is considered sacred. But hunting for it is one of the ...
At least 50 people died on Thursday after a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar trapped workers under a mound of refuse, authorities said. The miners were collecting stones in the jade ...
PHNOM PENH--Caterpillar Inc., Komatsu Ltd. and Volvo AB--leading providers of machinery to Myanmar’s jade mines--have done little to address warnings about rampant abuses in the multibillion ...