Word: yong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flight from Seoul to Los Angeles, (where, according to an Immigration and Naturalization Service spokesman, a second Statue of Liberty ought to be erected), took 13 1/2 hours, two movies, three meals and a snack. Yeon Hee Park, 33, and her two sons, Sung Joon, 8, and Yong Joon, 7, passed the hours pleasantly. No one became...
...Sudd, Arabic for barrier, is aptly named. Its central 7,000 sq. mi. are permanently clogged with reeds and papyrus and infested with 63 species of mosquito. From May to October, the White Nile floods and temporarily extends the swamp another 4,300 sq. mi. Says Daniel Yong, a member of the area's nomadic Dinka tribe and a Jonglei Canal project official: "In the rainy season there is water everywhere, but in the dry season you can die of thirst." The Sudd proved an obstacle to 19th century explorers, but today it is more of a hindrance...
What was behind Kim Jong Il's eclipse-and his subsequent emergence into party leadership? Observers could only guess. Many noticed that Kim II Sung's younger brother, Kim Yong Ju, once considered a possible successor, was nowhere evident on party rosters. One guess was that Kim Yong Ju had lost out to his nephew, the President's son, in an internal party struggle...