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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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(2)Seoul-Pusan 'KTX' bullet train launched

SEOUL, South Korea - A ceremony is held at Seoul Station on April 1, marking the launch of South Korea's first bullet trains linking the capital to the southeastern city of Pusan.

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(1)Seoul-Pusan 'KTX' bullet train launched

SEOUL, South Korea - People wave as a South Korean bullet train leaves Seoul Station on April 1. The country's first bullet train service, linking Seoul with the southeastern city of Pusan, began operations the same day.

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Ceremony held to launch Seoul-Pusan 'KTX' bullet train

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea holds a ceremony at a plaza in front of Seoul Station on March 30 to mark the launch of the nation's first bullet trains linking the capital to the southeastern city of Pusan, scheduled to start on April 1.

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(1)Campaign begins for S. Korea's Dec. 19 presidential poll

SEOUL, South Korea - Roh Moo Hyun (C), a candidate of the pro-government Millennium Democratic Party in the Dec. 19 presidential election, greets his supporters in front of Pusan Station on Nov. 27 as official campaigning for the race began.

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S. Korean train hero honored at 1-year memorial service

PUSAN, South Korea - A memorial ceremony for Lee Su Hyon, who was killed last year when he tried to rescue a man who had fallen onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, is held in Pusan on Jan. 26, the first anniversary of his death.

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S. Korean train hero honored at 1-year memorial service

PUSAN, South Korea - A memorial ceremony for Lee Su Hyon, who was killed last year when he tried to rescue a man who had fallen onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, is held in Pusan on Jan. 26, the first anniversary of his death.

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(2)Seoul-Pusan 'KTX' bullet train launched

SEOUL, South Korea - A ceremony is held at Seoul Station on April 1, marking the launch of South Korea's first bullet trains linking the capital to the southeastern city of Pusan. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony held to launch Seoul-Pusan 'KTX' bullet train

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea holds a ceremony at a plaza in front of Seoul Station on March 30 to mark the launch of the nation's first bullet trains linking the capital to the southeastern city of Pusan, scheduled to start on March 25. (Kyodo)