BANGKOK--A landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state killed one person and left at least 70 missing Wednesday and a search and rescue operation was underway, rescue ...

Landslides occur several times a year around Hpakant’s jade mines. In July 2020, at least 162 people died in a landslide in the same area, and 113 were killed in a November 2015 one. Most ...

More than 1,600 people have died after a powerful earthquake hit Myanmar and rattled Thailand, but the extent of the casualties is still emerging as crews try to find people who are missing.

QUEZON CITY, (PIA) — The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) has returned home after a nearly two-week ...

The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) is scheduled to return to the country on Monday, April 14, after ...

Ten soldiers were recognized by the Philippine Army (PA) for their involvement in the humanitarian mission in ...

Zu Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese businessman in the jade trade, was in the central Myanmar countryside on ... investing billions of dollars in mining, oil and natural gas developments in the ...

A Myanmar junta air strike has killed no fewer ... It was gathered that the state is home to huge jade mines and rare heavy earth elements, most of which are exported to China.

Myanmar's Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world's most valuable jade. Hunting for it is ... Sand is the most mined resource in the world. But extracting it from lakes and rivers ...

Maung Tu, 40, a manager at a mining company, purchased a betel nut farm of 2.4 hectares, or 6 acres, near the southern tip of ...

The time on the dashboard showed 12:50 p.m., the moment on March 28 when Myanmar was struck by a devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake. Ye, a 43-year-old jade merchant from China who lives in Mandalay, ...