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Scores feared buried alive after new Japan quake
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — Scores of people were feared buried alive on Saturday after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 35 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.
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High turnout expected for Sunday vote
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2019
» Thais are keenly awaiting the first general election in eight years on Sunday, with many of them expressing hope that a post-junta government will somehow bridge the nation's political divide that has existed for years.
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150 million Indonesians live in quake/tsunami-prone areas: official
Kyodo News, Published on 26/12/2018
» JAKARTA: Better, more sophisticated disaster mitigation is urgently needed in Indonesia as around 150 million of its 245 million people live in areas prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, while its early warning system does not work well sometimes because equipment gets stolen, vandalized or broken due to poor maintenance, a government official said Wednesday.
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'Strongest typhoon in 25 year' aims at Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 04/09/2018
» TOKYO: A powerful typhoon is headed towards Japan's southern Pacific coast and is likely to rip through western Japan on Tuesday, with the national weather agency warning it may be the strongest typhoon to make landfall in 25 years.
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LATEST: 7 dead, airport isolated by Japan typhoon
Kyodo News, Published on 04/09/2018
» TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon Jebi A powerful typhoon ripped through western Japan on Tuesday, leaving at least seven people dead and more than 200 injured, while strong winds and high waves closed Kansai International Airport and caused a ship to smash into a bridge linking the airport with the main island.
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Abe, Moon confirm N.Korea cooperation before summit
Kyodo News, Published on 24/04/2018
» TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed Tuesday to work together toward denuclearising North Korea ahead of a historic inter-Korean summit later in the week, a senior Japanese government official said.
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Kim to walk across border with South for summit
Kyodo News, Published on 26/04/2018
» SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will walk across the border between the two Koreas to attend Friday's inter-Korean summit, the first in over 10 years, to discuss denuclearisation and peace issues, according to details and schedule released by South Korea.
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Cambodia's missing railway link to Thailand rebuilt after 45 years
Kyodo News, Published on 04/04/2018
» A missing 48-kilometre stretch of railway that connects the capital Phnom Penh to the Thai border has been rebuilt, 45 years after it was destroyed in the 1970s during the Cambodian civil war.
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Orang Asli adapt to new lifestyle in South
Kyodo News, Published on 08/04/2018
» YALA: The Orang Asli indigenous people have lived in seclusion in the rainforests of southern Thailand since ancient times, but more than a few of them have lately changed the way they live because forest food has gradually grown scarce.
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US, S.Korea delay war games for Olympics
Kyodo News, Published on 05/01/2018
» SEOUL: US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed in a telephone talk Thursday to delay annual joint military exercises during the Winter Olympic Games in February, South Korea's presidential office said.
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