○○○ Bangkok ⪢⪢
In Thailand, the Bangkok criminal court sentences a former civil servant to more than 43 years in prison for insulting the king, lawyers said.
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○○○ Cambodia ⪢⪢
In Cambodia, Chinese and Cambodian officials mark the start of a project to expand a naval base that U.S. officials fear could be used by China's military. 2022-06-08
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○○○ Fukushima ⪢⪢
In Japan, the International Atomic Energy Agency begins to study Japan's plan to release radioactive water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear center into the sea.
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○○○ Guangxi ⪢⪢
A China Eastern Airlines airplane has crashed in the southern Guangxi area of China. There are no reports of survivors. 2022-03-21
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• Imari Bay, Japan
armada, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, defiant, Marco Polo, baron, Kyushu, brace, Imari
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○○○ Manila ⪢⪢
In the Philippines, heavy traffic returns as officials open Manila and 38 other cities, ending almost all COVOD-19 restrictions as cases fall. 2022-03-01
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○○○ Mount Aso ⪢⪢
And in Japan, Mount Aso explodes sending rock and dust hundreds of meters into the air.
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○○○ Myanmar ⪢⪢
ᐥforce tens of thousands of people from their homesᐥ
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○○○ Shenzhen ⪢⪢
And in China, the southern manufacturing center of Shenzhen enters a 4th day of lockdown and closures after officials reported 92 coronavirus cases Tuesday. 2022-03-16
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○○○ Taixing ⪢⪢
A new 750-kilometer-long part of the Russia-China natural gas pipeline opens, connecting Siberia to Taixing on the Yangtze River. 2022-12-07
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○○○ Xinjiang ⪢⪢
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○○○ Yunnan ⪢⪢
The herd of 14 has been roaming around China's Yunnan province. They are a different group from that famous herd of elephants who've been traveling across China for the past several months. 2021-07-17
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