BANGKOK (AP) — 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — The bodies of 33 people have ...

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 ...

Miners, rescuers and local residents look at the jade mine site where a landslide accident took place in Hpakant township, Kachin state, Myanmar Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. A landslide at the jade mine ...

Every year, as the monsoons deluge northern Myanmar, the jade mountains turn into a cemetery. On Saturday afternoon, Thein Maung was perched on a steep hill of rubble from a jade mine when a landslide ...

The disaster occurred in Kachin State, where wildcat jade miners toil in dangerous conditions and landslides are common during the monsoon season. By The Associated Press A landslide at a jade mine in ...

Myanmar produced more than 43 million kg of jade in fiscal year 2011/12 (April to March). Even valued at a conservative $100 per kg, it was worth $4.3 billion. But official exports of jade that year ...

HPAKANT, Myanmar (Reuters) - Using heavy earth-excavators and explosives, miners have been tearing into Myanmar's northern hills in recent months, in a rush to excavate more jade from the world's ...

BANGKOK – A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar left more than 30 people missing, and a search and rescue operation was underway on Monday, a rescue official said. The incident occurred in ...