Myanmar’s jade diggers take a deadly gamble to survive
Fri, 2020-12-25 00:47
YANGON: Thousands of people at the world’s largest jade mining site in northernmost Myanmar are turning to a hazardous illegal search for the precious stone after coronavirus bans stopped official production.
Mining activity in Hpakant, in Kachin State — the center of Myanmar’s lucrative jade trade — came to a standstill for three monsoon months after a landslide killed 172 people on July 2.
The ban has since been extended beyond the monsoon break with the worsening coronavirus outbreak, prompting more people to enter the site illegally.
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