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North Korea
Kim Jong-un Headed for Hanoi
On Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un departed by armored train from the country’s capital, Pyongyang through China to Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, where he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. It is the second meeting between the two leaders following their previous summit in Singapore last June. The Korean Central News Agency reported Kim Yong Chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the U.S., and Kim Yo Jong, the leader’s sister have accompanied him on this trip. Kim is expected to arrive on Tuesday and experts say the upcoming meeting will once again discuss North Korea’s denuclearization and the potential removal of U.S.-led sanctions against the country.
The map depicts the route of Kim Jong-un’s train from North Korea to Vietnam. Click on the map to learn more.
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Japan
U.S. Base Relocation
The United States has begun the move of its military base, Futenma, from an urban part of Okinawa to a more rural area of Henoko. The citizens of Okinawa had a referendum vote with about 50% turnout to see if the base should move or stay and 72% of all eligible voters opposed the move. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he understands the citizen’s frustrations, but will be going forward with the relocation despite the vote. The new governor of Okinawa, Denny Tamaki, was elected on the platform of not moving the base and continues to urge the central government to uphold the referendum vote. This military base is important for post-war security alliance. It holds more than half of the total 47,000 American military personnel in Japan.
This map depicts the location of the proposed US military base. Click on the map to expand.
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Hawaii
Kilauea Eruption Lava Flow
The United States Geological Survey released a preliminary map of the lava flow thickness from the Kilauea volcano explosion last May. The eruption destroyed around 700 homes in the residential area of Leilani Estates in Puna on the Big Island. Data collection began while the volcano was still erupting, using unmanned helicopters to take aerial shots of the lava. The eruption ceased in early August and the molten rock has begun to cool, which allows scientists to retrieve more in-depth data. The lava flows destroyed about 14 square miles (36 square kilometers) of land but added around 875 new acres (354 hectares) where the molten rock hit the sea. This eruption will be studied by scientists for years.
The map depicts the thickness of lava around Kilauea Volcano. Click on the map to expand.
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Q: Where is the driest (non-polar) place on Earth?
A: Atacama Desert in Chile
The Atacama Desert is a plateau that occupies a 600 mile strip of the Pacific coast on the western side of the Andes Mountains. This desert is also home to the largest repository for sodium nitrate in the world.
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Q: Which country is home to the largest concentration of tepuis or tabletop mountains?
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