1. Opportunity for peace on the Korean PeninsulaDPRK leader Kim Jong-un (left) and US President Donald Trump in a summit in Singapore on June 12th, 2018 (Photo: Xinhua)Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un have met three times in 2018 amid warming ties between the two Koreas. The two leaders met each other two times in the Truce Village of Panmunjom, on April 27th and May 26th. The third inter-Korean summit took place at Pyongyang on September 20th. At the events, the two leaders signed the Panmunjom and Pyongyang Declaration in which RoK President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un agreed to end hostile relations, increase cooperation and exchanges, and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Earlier, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un on April 27th officially stepped over a cracked slab of concrete, the world’s most heavily armed border, to greet the RoK’s President Moon Jae-in. The two leaders met at the Demilitarised Zone that divides the two countries for a historic summit, the … [Read more...] about Ten most significant world events in 2018
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Tsunami kills at least 222 in Indonesia after Krakatau eruption
Hundreds of homes and other buildings were heavily damaged when the tsunami struck, almost without warning, along the rim of the Sunda Strait late on Saturday, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the disaster mitigation agency, said. Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate to higher ground. By late afternoon on Sunday, the disaster agency had raised the death toll to 222, with 843 injured and 28 missing. This year the vast archipelago, which sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", has suffered its worst death toll from disasters in over a decade. Earthquakes flattened parts of the tourist island of Lombok in July and August, and a double quake-and-tsunami killed more than 2,000 people on Sulawesi island in September. As night fell, rescue efforts continued but workers and ambulances were struggling to reach affected areas because some roads were blocked by debris from damaged houses, overturned cars and fallen trees. TV images showed when the tsunami hit the beach and residential … [Read more...] about Tsunami kills at least 222 in Indonesia after Krakatau eruption
Nearly 200 missing, 73 dead from Guatemala volcano
Nearly 200 people are missing and at least 73 people were killed since Guatemala's Fuego volcano began erupting over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. A new smoke column billows from the lower part of the Fuego Volcano forcing rescue operations to be suspended and the evacuation of everyone in the village of San Miguel Los Lotes, in Escuintla Department, about 35km southwest of Guatemala City. (Johan ORDONEZ/AFP) Seven communities in already devastated areas were evacuated as the volcano's activity increased, with rescue operations halted. In the city of Escuintla, near the summit, panicked locals rushed to their cars to escape, causing chaotic traffic. An AFP photographer witnessed a large plume of ash rise into the sky, prompting an evacuation of everyone authorities could find before the police, the military and rescuers were stood down. And a total of 192 people remain missing since the weekend eruptions, disaster relief agency chief Sergio Cabanas told reporters. The … [Read more...] about Nearly 200 missing, 73 dead from Guatemala volcano