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Atotaloffivepeoplehavebeenkilledand25othersincludingfivepoliceofficersinjuredinanattackatajademineareainHpa-KhanttownshipofMyanmar'snorthernmostKachinstate,Myan
The minister in charge of mining in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden state of Kachin says it was a mistake for the United States to lift sanctions on the country’s notorious jade industry.
Shovels in hand, crowds of people in southwest China gathered in a street to dig for buried treasure in a scene that went viral after photos circulated online.
A collapse at an illegal mine killed at least 13 people in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State, a resident involved in rescue efforts said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly accidents to hit the jade-mining area.
At least 11 people died in a landslide in a remote jade mining region of northern Myanmar with many more feared missing, authorities said Tuesday (May 24), in the latest deadly incident to hit the shadowy industry.
The Myanmar authorities will restrict jade mining in mining area in Lonekhin and Hpakant mining block areas in northernmost Kachin state, Minister of Resources and Natural Environment Conservation U Ohn Win told the House of Nationalities (Upper House) on Wednesday.
Hopes faded on Monday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar smashed into a makeshift settlement, burying mine workers as they slept.
Where did China's ancients, with their infatuation for jade, mine the precious stone?
An annual Myanmar gems emporium was opened in Nay Pyi Taw Saturday for its golden jubilee. Some originally-scheduled interim special gem sales and mid- year event were also stopped over the period following the suspension of jade mining work in Pha-Kant, northernmost Kachin state since May 2012 when armed conflicts between the government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) escalated, effecting the mining area run by hundreds of mining companies.
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