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mineslide occurred in Myanmar, the world's largest producer of jade. More than 160 people died and dozens of others were injured, but the number of casualties is expected to increase due to delayed rescue operations.

Reporter Chan-Keun Park reports.

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huge pile of dirt flows down the hill.

Surprised people run to high places to avoid being swept away.

Local time Yesterday (2nd) in the morning, a lot of rain poured down on a jade mine in Kachin Province, northern Myanmar, and a landslide swept away.

So far, 162 miners have been killed in the accident and 54 people have been injured and taken to hospitals, the Myanmar fire department said.

The fire authorities have been carrying out rescue and body repair work all day in the mud pile, but it has been reported that the rescue operation is not smooth due to the heavy rain in the rainy season.

Because of this, some are still believed to be buried in piles of mud, and the number of deaths and injuries is expected to increase over time.

In Myanmar, the world's largest producer of jade, many accidents are repeated, causing many people to get hurt or die due to poor working conditions.

More than 50 miners were killed in the landslide last year in the Hfa Kant region where the accident occurred yesterday, and in November 2015, 116 people were killed as a pile of waste ore collapsed.