Bodies found at jade mine

Race against time: People looking on as rescuers search for survivors at the jade mine in the Hpakant area of Kachin state. — Reuters

THE death toll from a landslide at an illegal jade mine in northern Myanmar rose to four, rescuers said, warning that the dozens still missing are likely dead.

Scores die each year working in the country’s lucrative but poorly regulated jade trade, which sees low-paid migrant workers scrape out gems highly coveted in neighbouring China.