Myanmar's jade mines may yield great wealth — but they leave a long trail of death. An exclusive report When the earth collapsed, as it does nearly every day in the jade hills of Myanmar, Ye Min Naing ...
Burma jade trade: Former junta members making huge profits while locals suffer environmental effects
A damning new report into the jade trade warns the precious stones are bringing misery and death to the people of Burma where it is mined. The multibillion-dollar industry is dominated by firms ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On July 28, 2003, President George Bush signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. This act bans the importation of any article that is ...
In Burma, at least 32 people have been reported dead after a massive landslide Sunday at a jade mine in the town of Hpakan. Several people are still missing, while heavy rains have hampered rescue ...
The bodies of 33 people have been recovered from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Burma and rescuers are searching for at least three people believed to be missing, a rescue official said ...
Located in dense jungle hills, this jade mining town is a prime example of the nation's business climate. The northern town of 20,000 residents is connected to the outside world by a single crumbling ...
In the months leading up to last year’s historic election in Burma, jade mining companies in the country’s remote north worked round the clock, furiously trying to bring in as much of the gem as ...
KACHIN STATE, BURMA—An ancient Chinese proverb likens jade to the character of men. As the saying goes, “both are sharpened by bitter tools.” But in the jade mines south of China’s border — a ...
They died in a deluge of worthless stones flecked, perhaps, with green pebbles worth tiny fortunes. In Myanmar's far north, more than 100 people were killed on Nov. 21 in a jade mine landslide. By ...
HPAKANT, Burma — At least 162 people were killed Thursday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Burma, the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such sites in recent years that critics blame on ...
When Aung San Suu Kyi met recently with her long-time nemesis, retired general Than Shwe, after her party’s stunning election victory in November 2015, it was heralded as a harbinger of a smooth ...
When the earth collapsed, as it does nearly every day in the jade hills of Myanmar, Ye Min Naing was poised on a steep slope of rubble and scree. It was a rainy night six months ago, at the tail end ...
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