Jade trade

Calls Grow To Reform Myanmar's Deadly Jade Trade

A torrent of water, rock and heavy sludge spun Sai Ko as he clung to a corpse to survive - a memory that still traumatises the young "jade-picker" three months after Myanmar's worst-ever mine disaster.Heavy rainfall in July triggered a massive landslide in Hpakant - the green heart of Myanmar's jade trade in northern Kachin state - that entombed nearly 300 miners.Today, Sai Ko is still recovering from head injuries sustained when the unstable mountain of waste collapsed be

2 October 2020
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Myanmar’s dangerous jade trade

Earlier this week, at least 15 people were killed in a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant Northern Myanmar. State media and officials revealed that 15 bodies were retrieved from the site at Lonekhin village but rescue operations are still ongoing and there are fears that more people may be trapped under the debris.This isn’t the first time that a tragedy like this has hit the jade mines of Myanmar.

17 July 2018
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