hideki yabu, nhk world, singapore. >>> that wraps up our bulletin.'m patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> here's a quick look at the weather. >>> a railway running in kumamoto prefecture started test runs for the resunks of service late this month. the railway plans to resume operations on part of the line on july 31st. the semipublic railway has suspended all services linking the village and a neighboring town since april as strong quakes caused mudslides and other damage to its facilities. >> translator: i'm really happy. finally the train is coming back to our community. >> the company will provide four round trips a day on the reopened section of the line until the end of august. it will use sightseeing train cars popular for tourists for three of the trips. >>> that's all this hour on nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. thank you for watching and have a good day. >> this week, global 3000 heads to thailand, where environmentalists are fighting to reinstate mangrove forests in disused breeding ponds on the island of koh klang. we go to chile,