Myanmar’s military has such strong control over the country’s jade trade that it would be “nearly impossible” to buy the gemstone without enriching the generals and their allies, a new ...

The total official sales for jade at Myanmar's state gem emporium in 2014 was $3.4 billion – just over a tenth of what Global Witness estimates as the actual value of trade.

Villagers in the jungles of Myanmar’s northern Kachin state stand upon staggering wealth: Jade worth tens of billions of dollars. Yet they see almost none of that money, even as the precious ...

Myanmar watchers are skeptical that the “investigative body” announced by the government will yield any real results, or that there will be any strengthening of new regulatory measures.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Daniel Combs about his book Until the World Shatters, which explores the connection between Myanmar's jade industry and a long-running civil war.

Lusted after by wealthy Chinese, Myanmar's jade mines were in the hands of the military and their "crony" elites during the junta years and are still believed to raise tens of billions of dollars in ...

Myanmar's jade mines produce nearly every piece of the world's finest jade, but they leave a long trail of death. ... But locals say the real number is many times that.

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, a local fire services official told CNN on Wednesday.

At least 36 people were feared dead at a jade mine in northern Myanmar after being swept into a lake by a huge landslide, a rescue worker and local journalist said on Monday.

BANGKOK: At least 36 people were feared dead at a jade mine in northern Myanmar after being swept into a lake by a huge landslide, a rescue worker and local journalist said on Monday (Aug 14).

Myanmar’s military has such strong control over the country’s jade trade that it would be “nearly impossible” to buy the gemstone without enriching the generals and their allies, a new ...