Tiffany & Co. never resumed using Burmese gems after U.S. sanctions against Myanmar were lifted in 2016 when the country was in the midst of political and economic reforms following decades of ...

In 2003 the US imposed its first round of sanctions barring imports of gems from Myanmar in a bid to starve the military government of funds. Today the Mogok valley is marked with mines ...

A total of 54 IP cameras now cover the three levels of the Jade Hall while remaining 107 monitor the compound Thought to produce around 90 percent of the world’s jade and gems, Myanmar is particularly ...