In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, and released by Eleven Media Group, people look over an area covered by a landslide at Phakant jade mine, Kachin State, Myanmar. The landslide near the jade mine in northern Myanmar killed a number of people an
Dozens of people are missing and feared dead after a landslide struck a remote jade mining region in northern Burma. Khin Maung Myint, a local member of the opposition National League for Democracy party, said the landslide took place on Friday in Kachin state's mining community of Hpakant. He said that according to rescuers, one body was pulled from the rubble and at least 30 people were missing. A landslide in the same region in November killed more than 100 people. The area is home to some of the world's highest-quality jade.
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