Myanmar’s jade mines may yield great wealth ... In Hpakant’s Lone Khin village, Chinese buyers flock to the largest open-air jade market in the world. Beijing’s anticorruption campaign ...

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 ...

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.