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Jade sales drop amid ongoing conflict
Proceeds from Burma's annual sale of jade, gems and pearls totalled US$592.12 million, down nearly 10 percent from 2015, government data showed.
Jade miners’ dreams of fortune turn into tragedy of addiction
Tens of thousands of poor men from across Burma seek their fortune at Hpakant’s jade mines, only to see their lives ruined by drug addiction.
Dreams of riches and risk of death — a jade miner’s life
Maung Aye left his poor village for Hpakant, where he risks his life each day to find the one jade stone that will lift him out of poverty.
Senior govt officials sacked after jade investigation
Two senior government officials have been sacked in connection with unregulated jade mining operations in the country’s north.
Deadly jade rush hastens in Hpakant
Miners have been tearing into Burma's northern hills in recent months, in a rush to excavate more jade from the world's richest deposits of the gemstone before a new government takes office next year.
