The two men had been sifting through debris on the site, searching for leftover fragments of jade, when a landslide buried them under rubble.
Author: YAN NAING SOE / DVB
Death toll rises in Chindwin ferry accident
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Sagaing farmers call for compensation, closure of nickel mine
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