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Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» TOKYO - Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants.
Sinking city: Indonesia's capital on brink of disaster
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» JAKARTA - Time is running out for Jakarta.
South Korea clearing up after strongest ever quake
AFP, Published on 13/09/2016
» SEOUL - South Korea was clearing up on Tuesday after being struck by its most powerful earthquake since records began.
5.4-magnitude quake hits southern S. Korea: USGS
AFP, Published on 12/09/2016
» SEOUL - A powerful 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the southern region of South Korea Monday evening, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, following an earlier quake of 4.9-magnitude.
N. Korea's nuclear threat growing after largest test: analysts
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea's nuclear threat has grown significantly following its latest and largest nuclear test and a series of missile launches, analysts say, with some South Korean newspapers even theorising about an atomic attack on Seoul.
North Korea's latest nuclear test: Five things to know
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test on Friday, an underground blast it claimed was of a miniaturised warhead.
North Korea's latest nuclear test: Q&A
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test on Friday, an underground blast that Seoul quickly labelled its "most powerful to date".
N. Korea appears to have conducted nuclear test: Seoul
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea appears to have conducted a fifth nuclear test Friday, South Korean authorities reportedly said Friday, after monitors detected a 5.3-magnitude earthquake near its main nuclear site.
5.1 magnitude quake suggests North Korean nuclear test
AFP, Published on 06/01/2016
» SEOUL - A 5.1 magnitude tremor was detected close to North Korea's nuclear test site on Wednesday, with Chinese earthquake monitors suggesting it could be the result of an atomic explosion.
Japan's death specialists exhibit skills at expo
AFP, Published on 08/12/2015
» TOKYO - Specialists in the fading profession of preparing bodies for funeral and cremation in Japan gave a rare glimpse of their skills at the Tuesday opening of a Tokyo exhibition focused on the business of death and dying.