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DES MOINES, Iowa – On September 19, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging defendants, Jessica Rae Reznicek and Ruby Katherine Montoya, with one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility, four counts of use of fire in the commission of a felony, and four counts of malicious use of fire, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Montoya was recently arrested in the District of Arizona and detained pending court proceedings to determine her appearance in the Southern District of Iowa. Reznicek appeared in Des Moines on October 1, 2019 and was conditionally released pending trial. Trial...

SEOUL, May 31 (Xinhua) -- A magnitude-4.2 earthquake struck South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. The earthquake erupted at 9:22 p.m. (1222 GMT) and left some residents and buildings in the island shaken, it said. There have been no reports of injuries or property damage in the earthquake so far, Yonhap quoted unnamed weather officials as saying. The quake is believed to have originated in the sea 78 km south of the island, South Korean weather officials said.

‘Kim Jong-il May Make Return Visit to Jeju in Oct.’ By Kim Sue-young Staff Reporter Rep. Rhee Q-taek of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) said Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il may visit Jeju Island in late October to reciprocate President Roh Moo-hyun's visit to Pyongyang for a summit from Aug. 28-30. Rhee, 65, claimed that the third inter-Korean summit could affect the December presidential election in the South. The government, however, denied the rumor the four-term lawmaker made. ``Rumors have it that Kim would meet with President Roh Moo-hyun in the South's Jeju Island after holding the...

An archaeological site on Jeju Island is being called Korea's version of Pompeii after the ancient Roman city which was preserved by volcanic debris. Discovered in 2006, a human settlement at the Hamori 105 formation in Daejung-eup, Seogwipo-city was confirmed to have been smothered by a volcanic eruption more than 5,000 years ago. The Jeju Culture & Art Foundation collected volcanic materials that covered Hamori and sent it to an American research institute. The Foundation said Sunday that the U.S. researchers determined the debris to have come from an eruption at nearby Songak Mountain over 5,200 years ago. Local scientists...