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Quakes hit Japan, Indonesia

An earthquake measuring five points on the Richter Scale hit the sea off the eastern part of Kanto, Japan, on June 9.

The depth of the epicentre was reportedly 10 km.

School well-known for training promising acrobats

“For acrobats our school is a must-go. It has produced so many reserve acrobats for nearly five decades,” said its principal Ri Kwang Chol.

Pyongyang Acrobatic School was established on June 15 1972 to train reserve acrobats.

Electronic waste disposal plant opens in Uganda

An electronic waste disposal facility has been built on June 8 in Uganda.

It has been provided with equipment to sort out, dismantle and recycle the collected electronic waste.

Indian children suffer from malnutrition

More than 920 000 children under six suffered severe malnutrition in India till November last year.

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states suffered most heavily.

Saenap, or Korean brass wind instrument

There is saenap among national instruments of Korea.

Belonging to woodwind-instrument, saenap was made by using such hard wood as birch and jujube tree, and it made rapid development in the latter half of the 14th century.