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Nature thrives in Xinjiang's mountain reserve amid enhanced conservation efforts

STORY: Nature thrives in Xinjiang's mountain reserve amid enhanced conservation efforts SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve STORYLINE: The Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region boasts a distinctive plateau desert ecosystem, standing as a witness to China's ecological conservation efforts. The nature reserve, nestled deep in the eastern Kunlun Mountains, covers a total area of 45,000 square kilometers, with an average altitude of about 4,500 meters. Widely recognized as a "plateau gene bank," the reserve is home to over 300 wildlife and more than 380 plant species. The total population of Tibetan antelopes, wild yaks and Tibetan wild donkeys here has exceeded 127,000, increasing 63.2 percent in 20 years. The water area within the reserve has also been continuously expanding. The largest saline

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President Kim burns incense for souls of Kwangju victims

KWANGJU, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (R) and his wife, Lee Ki Ho, (L) on May 18 burn incense for the souls of those killed in the military suppression of the democratization movement in May, 1980 in Kwangju and to make the ''May 18 Cemetery'' a national cemetery in Kwangju, 380 kilometers southwest of Seoul. By official account, more than 200 people were killed and 1,800 others were wounded during the nine-day bloody attack by paratroopers on the Kwangju protesters.

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Kim marks 20th anniversary of Kwangju pro-democracy uprising

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung addresses a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the May 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Kwangju, 380 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on May 18.

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President Kim burns incense for souls of Kwangju victims

KWANGJU, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (R) and his wife, Lee Ki Ho, (L) on May 18 burn incense for the souls of those killed in the military suppression of the democratization movement in May, 1980 in Kwangju and to make the ''May 18 Cemetery'' a national cemetery in Kwangju, 380 kilometers southwest of Seoul. By official account, more than 200 people were killed and 1,800 others were wounded during the nine-day bloody attack by paratroopers on the Kwangju protesters.

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Kim marks 20th anniversary of Kwangju pro-democracy uprising

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung addresses a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the May 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Kwangju, 380 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on May 18.

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Crashed H-2 rocket's main engine found

TOKYO, Japan - This main engine of the H-2 rocket that plunged into the Pacific on Nov. 15 shortly after takeoff was found on the seabed about 380 kilometers northwest of the Ogasawara Islands, some 1,000 km south of Tokyo, on Nov. 27 by an unmanned vessel of the governmental Japan Marine Science and Technology Center. The engine failed four minutes after the rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center on an island of Kagoshima Prefecture, at 4:29 p.m. The photo was taken by the marine science center.