Grim search for bodies after Myanmar mine disaster

Rescue teams search for the bodies of miners killed in a landslide in a jade mining area in Hpakhant, in Myanmar's Kachin state on November 23, 2015. -AFP

YANGON: Search teams Tuesday said they had given up hope of finding survivors from a landslide in north Myanmar’s jade mining heartland as they scoured for bodies from a disaster that left more than 100 dead.

It is one of the deadliest incidents to hit Hpakant in war-torn Kachin state, the hub of a billion-dollar jade trade that enriches a shadowy elite while destroying the local environment and social structure.