Myanmar's Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world's most valuable jade. Demand for it is growing in China, where the stone is considered sacred. But hunting for it is one of the ...

BANGKOK--The military takeover in Myanmar has given the junta full control of the country’s lucrative and conflict-ridden jade mining, providing it with profits and leverage for consolidating ...

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 ...

At least 50 people died on Thursday after a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar trapped workers under a mound of refuse, authorities said. The miners were collecting stones in the jade ...