Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide Deaths Rise to 32...including five children

Xinhua and other news agencies reported that the death toll from landslides in Myanmar's northern jade mine on the 13th rose to 32.

According to local media, at least 32 people were killed as of the previous day in landslides in the Ok Mine area in Pacant Township, Kachin Province, northern Myanmar, local authorities said.

Thirty-one bodies were found at the site of the landslide, and one injured person died at the hospital.

It is known that five children under the age of nine were among the dead.

Local authorities say road traffic, which was blocked by landslides, has resumed, and work is currently underway to clear the area around houses buried in piles of dirt.

Pakant, about 950 km north of Myanmar's largest city Yangon, is Myanmar's largest jade producer.

In addition to natural disasters such as landslides, the region has seen an increase in civilian casualties due to fighting between Myanmar's military regime and rebels.

Myanmar's military air force bombed the area on the 13th, killing at least eight people.