A man in China drifted away in a hydrogen balloon while picking nuts and was rescued days later. After floating 186 miles, Hu Yongxu managed to land in a forest and escaped with minor injuries.

Fears are mounting for a nut picker who has been missing for five days after his hot air balloon floated away after crossing the North Korean border. The man named only by his surname Bi was employed ...

JILIN, Northeast China — Two months ago, pine nut picker Bi Kesheng disappeared in a gas-powered balloon near China’s mountainous border with North Korea. The 59-year-old hasn’t been seen since. Bi ...

A man in northeastern China has been missing for five days, after the hydrogen balloon from which he was picking pine nuts became unsecured on Wednesday. The balloon went “out of control,” one of the ...

The fate of the worker is unknown but fears are growing for his welfare as the hermit state is presently on a war footing and he could be mistaken for a spy A CHINESE nut picker has been missing for ...

Assailed by mosquitoes and wary of snakes, Jorge Lengua walks watchfully through the Bolivian Amazon collecting Brazil nuts from the forest floor. Lengua, 56, wears rubber boots to protect his ankles ...

Fears are mounting for a nut picker who has been missing for five days after his hot air balloon floated away after crossing the North Korean border. The man named only by his surname Bi was employed ...

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For each bag of 70 kilograms of nuts (about 154 pounds), which takes about eight hours to fill, a harvester earns the equivalent of about $40 - Copyright AFP/File ...