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 ...

Myanmar’s military and ethnic armies are waging a war for control over the country’s natural resources – and the enormous profits that come with them. History may seem to be repeating, but ...

More than 160 people have died after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar. A wave of mud triggered by heavy rain engulfed those collecting stones in the Hpakant area of Kachin state.

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 ...

PHNOM PENH--Caterpillar Inc., Komatsu Ltd. and Volvo AB--leading providers of machinery to Myanmar’s jade mines--have done little to address warnings about rampant abuses in the multibillion ...