When it's heading south, in September, it marks the onset of autumn in the north and spring in the south.

九月，当它朝南运转的时候，在北半球秋天就开始了；同样，南半球的春天刚开始。

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Today’s incident marks an escalation on the part of North Korea, because civilians were involved.

发生在今天的事情因为涉及到普通民众，使得这一事件在韩国方面升级。

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Today's incident marks an escalation on the part of North Korea, because civilians were involved.

发生在今天的事情因为涉及到普通民众，使得这一事件在韩国方面升级。

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Friday marks the first time in nearly two years that North Korean officials have set foot in South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Traffic problems have escalated at North Farm Industrial Estate in Tunbridge Wells since Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Asda opened.

BBC: Traffic congestion (generic)

For South Korean President Park Geun-hye who had pledged to try to build trust between Seoul and Pyongyang to demonstrate a difference from the hard-line policies toward the North of the previous government its closure marks a particular setback.

WSJ: Last Workers Pull Out of Kaesong Plant as North-South Korea Ties Fray

The Koryolink network, which was built in cooperation with Egypt's Orascom Telecom, marks a radical shift in policy for North Korea, which also recently began to allow tourists to enter the country with their own cellphones -- previously, visitors were required to hand over the devices upon landing in Pyongyang.

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