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Landslide in Myanmar mining area leaves dozens missing
Updated On: 23 December, 2021 08:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
Reports were scant from the area in Hpakant, which is the center of the world’s biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry. It’s a region where sporadic fighting has broken out between the Myanmar army and ethnic guerrilla forces
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Members of a rescue team search for missing people at a jade mining area on Wednesday in Hpakant, Kachin State. Pic/AP
A landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state killed one person and left at least 70 missing Wednesday and a search and rescue operation was underway, rescue officials said.
Reports were scant from the area in Hpakant, which is the center of the world’s biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry. It’s a region where sporadic fighting has broken out between the Myanmar army and ethnic guerrilla forces.
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