In burma, control of the extraction and trade in jade. Myanmars murky jade trade thrives despite political reforms. Myanmar government announces groundbreaking reforms of jade. Myanmar s big state secret the biggest natural resources heist in modern history. Myanmar peace talks must address natural resource management. Landslide at myanmar jade mine kills at least 12 the new. Why you should not buy jade from myanmar ejinsight. Buy high quality and affordable myanmar jade via sales. The jade trade accounts for 48% of myanmars official gdp. Aung san suu kyi moves to clean up myanmars murky jade trade. May 25, 2016 landslide at myanmar jade mine kills at least 12. The military, its crony tycoons and china, where most of it ends up, benefit the most. The conflict resource economy and pathways to peace in burma. According to global witness, most of myanmar s jade is.
The corruption of myanmars jade trade al jazeera america. May 15, 2017 as myanmar gears up for landmark national peace talks this new global witness film reveals how the countrys massive jade business is helping to drive deadly armed conflict. Oct 23, 2015 a 12month investigation has revealed myanmars secretive. Nov 21, 2015 report of hpakantjade mine landslide in myanmar 21112015 123 pm. Nov 22, 2015 myanmar jade mine landslide kills around 100. Remote sensing of mining change between 2002 and 2015. With a personal driver to whisk you between sites in a climatecontrolled vehicle, youll cover even more historic places, pagodas, and temples. Made of jade one of myanmars famous products by mitv myanmar. Evidence from myanmar volume 71 issue 2 darin christensen, mai nguyen, renard sexton. This was the finding of a yearlong investigation entitled jade.
Jul 28, 2016 myanmars new government has announced a major shake up to licensing of its multibillion dollar jade and gems business, following work by global witness, kachin development networking group kdng, the natural resource governance institute nrgi and other kachin state and myanmar civil society actors and parliamentarians to expose widespread abuses at the heart of a vast, deeply corrupt trade. That is equivalent to nearly half the gdp for the whole of myanmar, but hardly any of the money is reaching ordinary. Jadeite from myanmar formerly burma is no longer banned in the united states as of 2016. Global witness condemns sentencing of two myanmar journalists. A new jade mine disaster in northern myanmar has claimed the lives of at least people who are thought to have been scavenging for the valuable mineral in the unstable waste cast off from mining. Myanmars jade licensing system is wide open to corruption and cronyism.
The site of a landslide at a jade mine in kachin state, myanmar, where as many as 100 people were feared missing. Within days of the start of the monsoon rains, the dangerous conditions and lack of safety measures at myanmar s jade mines were highlighted when a dozen miners were killed while scavenging in a. Is jadeite from myanmar burma banned from the united states. New jade mine disaster claims at least in myanmar. Jade from kachin, myanmar is often sold in jewelry shops in china, like this one in yin jiang. Global witness issues report on myanmars big state secret. Enjoy exclusive discounts and free global delivery on myanmar jade at aliexpress. Jade market mandalay 2020 all you need to know before you. Myanmars old guard runs a jade reuters news agency. Through objective, timely reporting and news analysis, radio free asia rfa takes an unflinching look at topics and developments affecting the lives of.
Oct 27, 2015 how open company data was used to uncover the powerful elite benefiting from myanmars multibillion dollar jade industry. Jan 23, 2016 why you should not buy jade from myanmar. Natural resources at the heart of conflict ccfdterre solidaire. Oct 22, 2015 global witness has released a report into the jade business in myanmar that, for the first time, reveals the scale of the industry and details how it is controlled by the military elites. Nov 01, 2016 its the men who haggle at the markets, but myanmars jade industry is run predominantly by women, and they are optimistic about its future despite the moratorium on jade mining every morning at 9am, the intersection of 86th and 40th streets in mandalay is awakened by the clanging of jade bangles. Kachin civilians witnessed a handful of top kio and. Oct 23, 2015 global witness said a company named myanmar win gate gems and jewellery mining is owned by members of the ministers family and sold a single 24kg piece of jade at this years gem emporium for. From 2008 to 2016, the tom lantos block burmese jade juntas antidemocratic efforts act prohibited u. Jan 09, 2014 the bubble in the jade market has now reportedly occurred due to fears over a shortage of myanmar jade or the possible introduction of measures by myanmars reformist government that would limit jade exports and force jadeprocessing to take place in country. News myanmar elites profit from corrupt jade industry, study claims. Myanmars secret jade industry a threat to democracy youtube. Compare myanmar jade price super offer from aliexpress.
Around 100 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern myanmar, officials said sunday, as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest. The price of jade interview with minzayar oo lensculture. May well be the biggest natural resource heist in modern history. Special events we just dont want this to end see the love and unity among people of different tribes, tongues, and national groups at this special convention held in yangon, myanmar.
Global witness issues report on myanmars big state. Impacts of heavy mining machinery employed in myanmars jade mining area. According to global witness, a londonbased group that. Jade a global witness investigation into myanmars big state. This figure equates to up to 48 per cent of myanmars official gdp. Myanmar s jade trade is run by former junta members by greg williams thursday 22 october 2015getty images global witness, a londo. Explore the ancient cities of amarapura, sagaing, mingun, and innwa on a fullday, private tour thats tailored to you. How open data helped uncover rampant corruption in myanmars. Jade from burmas rapacious mines was long banned by. Aung san suu kyi moves to clean up myanmar s murky jade trade. See a joint statement signed by over 5 civil society members.
White paper how open company data was used to uncover the. Film reveals how myanmars multibillion dollar jade trade is contributing to ethnic armed conflict and why natural resources must be a focus. Oct 23, 2015 yangon, myanmar myanmars vast jade industry is being used as a slush fund by a network of military elites, drug lords and crony companies who illegally exploit the valuable resource for tens of billions of dollars a year, according to a report released on friday by global witness. Myanmar s big state secret the sums involved in what one industry representative calls the governments big state secret are staggering. Myanmar jade mine landslide kills around 100 world news.
This figure equates to up to 48 per cent of myanmars. Jade and the generals trailer global witness youtube. The dark shadow of myanmars jade trade financial times. Myanmar jade rush muddies promise of change, fuels.
The decision of a myanmar court to sentence two reuters journalists to seven years in prison for violating the official secrets act represents a predetermined outcome to a sham trial, that is having a chilling impact on civil society and press freedom in the country. Myanmar jade report hits foreign and local companies, economic data. Myanmars big state secret this report would not have been possible without the many organisations and individuals who have contributed their time, knowledge and expertise. Myanmars old guard runs a jade empire intensively mined jade is one of myanmars most lucrative industries. Human rights council the economic interests of the myanmar. Jade riches, deadly conflict and prospects for peace in myanmar.
That is equivalent to nearly half the gdp for the whole of myanmar, but hardly any of the money is. This eyeopening investigation is an important case study on how open company data and identifiers are critical tools to uncover corruption and the. So many women become sex workers, or people become drug traffickers. Global witness has released a report into the jade business in myanmar that, for the first time, reveals the scale of the industry and details how it is controlled by the military elites. This figure equates to up to 48 per cent of myanmar s official gdp. This was achieved through the expertise of opencorporates in converting the web pages on the myanmar company register into structured data, and global witnesss. An october 2015 report by global witness noted that myanmars jade industry is exploited by the nations elites. The global witness findings declare myanmar s jade trade. Sep 15, 2016 jade from burmas rapacious mines was long banned by washington. Global witness reported that there were links between some of these figures and multinational.
Dangerous myanmar jade mines bring income, death voice. However, based on new research and analysis, global witness estimates that the value of. According to estimates by global witness, myanmars jade production was worth up to 31 billion usd in. Until now the jade sectors worth has been almost impossible to determine. An anticorruption group has found ties between wealthy families and the countrys lucrative jade trade.
Myanmars jade business may be the biggest natural resource heist in modern history, says global witness analyst juman kubba. Myanmar elites profit from corrupt jade industry, study. Its the men who haggle at the markets, but myanmar s jade industry is run predominantly by women, and they are optimistic about its future despite the moratorium on jade mining every morning at 9am, the intersection of 86th and 40th streets in mandalay is awakened by the clanging of jade bangles. Please support their calls and help ensure the peace talks urgently focus on the role natural resources and jade plays in incentivising and fuelling conflict, by exposing the links between jade and the generals. That dwarfs myanmar s famous opium poppies, estimated by the united. Of this sum, only about 10pc reverted to the state in tax. This figure equates to up to 48 per cent of myanmar s. Jade curse tests postsanctions myanmar the myanmar times. Hpakant, 600 miles north of myanmar s biggest city, yangon, is the center of the worlds biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry. As myanmar gears up for landmark national peace talks this new global witness film reveals how the countrys massive jade business is helping to drive deadly armed conflict. The global witness report then incorporates more sales data from another local jade fair that was organized in 2014, and applies the harvardproximity 20 percentage split again to this expanded dataset to arrive at what global witness considered to be the most accurate estimate for the value of the jade sector, which was usd 31 billion.