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Hpakant jade mines
![The Kachin Insurgency Could Deal a Heavy Blow to Myanmar’s Military Junta The Kachin Insurgency Could Deal a Heavy Blow to Myanmar’s Military Junta](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18115083744993.jpg)
The Kachin Insurgency Could Deal a Heavy Blow to Myanmar’s Military Junta
By Drake Avila
The KIA threat to Hpakant and Myitkyina could cut off the military from the lucrative jade trade.
![Myanmar’s Junta ‘Tightens Its Grip’ on Jade Billions: Report Myanmar’s Junta ‘Tightens Its Grip’ on Jade Billions: Report](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-30-3.jpg)
Myanmar’s Junta ‘Tightens Its Grip’ on Jade Billions: Report
By Sebastian Strangio
The military's control of the prized mineral will fuel further conflict and offer it an economic lifeline.
![A Deadly Gamble: Myanmar’s Jade Industry A Deadly Gamble: Myanmar’s Jade Industry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-13-1.jpg)
A Deadly Gamble: Myanmar’s Jade Industry
By Nicholas Muller
The multi-billion dollar industry fueled by China is shrouded in secrecy, continues to take lives, and displace tens of thousands
![Myanmar’s Jade-Fueled War Myanmar’s Jade-Fueled War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-43_lds_4.jpg)
Myanmar’s Jade-Fueled War
By Daniel Combs
Are the Tatmadaw and KIA colluding to maximize jade profits?
![Smuggling Away Myanmar’s Chance for Peace Smuggling Away Myanmar’s Chance for Peace](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-rtx1yvf2.jpg)
Smuggling Away Myanmar’s Chance for Peace
By Tom Fawthrop
Jade smuggling is fueling ethnic conflict in resource-rich Kachin state.
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