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Only two bodies recovered 24 hours after Hpakant jade pit disaster: over 100 feared dead.
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Rescuers leading search and rescue operations at the site of yesterday’s landslide in a Hpakant jade pit say they have only managed to recover...
Hundreds missing after second Hpakant jade pit landslide this week
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Hundreds of jade pickers are missing after a landslide occurred in a Hpakant mine this morning. The incident is the second mass casualty accident...
33 Brigade tells illicit Hpakant miners to hide equipment during military investigation of halt order
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The Tatmadaw’s Hpakant-based 33 Brigade yesterday verbally ordered mining operations to temporarily hide machinery whilst military authorities investigate whether a recent order to halt...
Dyanmite explosions injure miners in Hpakant
Locals from Kachin State say they are worried about their safety after a villager was injured by dynamite blasts in the Hpakant jade mines.
Over 2 billion kyats in illicit narcotics seized in Hpakant
Police seize a stash of illicit narcotics worth 1.6 billion kyats ($1.17 million) and arrest two suspects at a checkpoint in Lel Pyin village, part of Kachin State’s Hpakant Township, with a follow-up search of the accused possessors’ property yielding an additional 700 million kyats in drugs.
Jade miner, 18, shot dead in Hpakant
The fatal incident occurred after a crowd of freelance miners gathered at the site entrance to protest the temporary closure of the mine by its contractors.