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Screening of film on jade trade’s ills blocked in Rangoon
An international corruption watchdog was barred Wednesday from officially launching a short film that asserts both the military and armed ethnic militias remain complicit...
2 killed, 11 injured in Hpakant jade mine landslide
Two freelance pickers were buried under a landslide of excavated soil as they sifted for scraps of jade.
Jade miner shot by soldier in Hpakant
The victim of the shooting told DVB that the mining company previously had no issue with freelancers scavenging at its worksite, but things went sour on Saturday.
2 jade miners killed in Hkamti landslide
The two men had been sifting through debris on the site, searching for leftover fragments of jade, when a landslide buried them under rubble.
Hpakant’s jade foragers rally for mining rights
The protestors issued a list of six points, including a demand to permit day-labourers forage freely through mounds of soil dumped by mining companies.
Restructure jade industry in post-sanctions Burma, says Global Witness
Burma’s billion-dollar jade industry needs a reformed legal framework to release it from the grip of the military elites, drug lords and crony companies, says British transparency watchdog.
