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 ...

Landslides occur several times a year in Hpakant’s jade mines. In July 2020, at least 162 people died in a landslide in the same area, and 113 were killed in a November 2015 accident.

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...

Landslides occur several times a year around Hpakant’s jade mines. In July 2020, at least 162 people died in a landslide in the same area, and 113 were killed in a November 2015 one.

Recovery work has been halted after 32 dead were discovered at the site of a jade mine collapse in Kachin State Hpakant ...

Although there is only one large-scale mine active, this accounts for the majority of global production, annually producing 9,000kg of the dark blue gem. Jade is the second-biggest contributor to ...

The search for the 32 people who died in the landslide at the jade mine in Sapot Village and Sai Mu Village, Hpakant Region, Kachin State, was suspended on January 15, according to reports. A local ...

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 ...

Recovery work has been halted after 32 dead were discovered at the site of a jade mine collapse in Kachin State's Hpakant ...

YANGON: The death toll from the collapse of a jade mine in Kachin state of northern Myanmar has reached 32 as of Jan 15, an official from the local administration office told Xinhua on Thursday ...

An overnight landslide at a jade mining area in northern Myanmar has killed at least a dozen people and left many others missing, according to a resident, rescuers and independent media on Monday.