2006年VOA标准英语-US Denies Making Concessions to Pyongyang for N

By David Gollust State Department 31 October 2006 The United States says it made no concessions to bring North Korea back to six-party negotiations over its nuclear program. Pyongyang agreed to return to the negotiations Tuesday at a round of secret

英闻天下——503 Spring Arts Event Celebrated in Pyongyang

Amid the tensions on the Korean peninsula, people in Pyongyang are celebrating a series of April holidays, including the first anniversary of Kim Jong-un's appointment as head of the ruling Worker's Party. A flower show, art performances and public d

金正男被暗杀引发马朝外交争执

Malaysia has recalled its ambassador to Pyongyang as a diplomatic row over the apparent assassination of the North Korean leaders brother escalated on Monday. 马来西亚已召回该国驻朝鲜大使。围绕朝鲜领导人的同父异母长兄显然

朝鲜自创时区 8月起时区推后30分钟

North Korea is to switch to a new time zone to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of World War Two, says state media. 朝鲜官方媒体宣布，朝鲜将调整所在时区，以纪念二战末从日本统治下获得解放。 North Kor

2006年VOA标准英语-Pyongyang Cancels North-South Family Reunions

By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 July 2006 In a retaliatory swipe over South Korea's punitive measures against Pyongyang, North Korea has canceled reunions scheduled for next month between families separated since the 1950s Korean War. The move is the latest

联合国考虑对朝鲜新制裁

SEOUL/WASHINGTONThe U.N. Security Council said Wednesday that it was working to craft new sanctions against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, while the United States and other world powers voiced skepticism about Pyongyang's claim that the u

朝鲜从发射场移走两枚中程导弹

U.S. officials believe North Korea has removed two mid-range missiles from imminent-launch status, in an apparent further easing of tensions on the Korean peninsula. Speaking anonymously late Monday, Washington defense officials said Pyongyang recent

S Korea, DPRK hold rare military talks

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic（民主的 ） People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held rare working-level military talks Thursday, the first time in nearly two years, the defense ministry said. Three officials from both sid

US 'opposes' nuclear North Korea

US 'opposes' nuclear North Korea 美国反对朝鲜核计划 Robert Gates says the US will not accept Pyongyang's nuclear activities The US will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has told an Asian summit. Mr Gates told hi

首尔呼吁平壤对话

SEOUL, April 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Thursday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to come to the dialogue table to resolve the political deadlock with its northern neighbor. The suspension in operation of the Kaesong Indu

朝鲜：首尔对话提议缺乏诚意

PYONGYANG, April 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korean proposals for dialogue are not sincere, a spokesperson for the DPRK's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said Sunday. If Seoul really intends to conduct such a dialogue, it should drop its c

朝鲜提议韩朝举行工作会谈

Pyongyang, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday proposed holding working-level contacts with South Korea in Kaesong on Sunday, the official KCNA news agency reported. The proposal announced by a spokesman of t

奥巴马下令对朝鲜实施新制裁

President Obama who is on holiday in Hawaii signed an executive order Friday to impose new sanctions against North Korea. The new sanctions are part of U.S. reaction to Pyongyang's suspected role in cyber-attacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment and th

美国前总统计划访问朝鲜

Carter has made contact with the DPRK to arrange for the visit, and he is likely to make the trip in a personal capacity to secure the release of US citizen Kenneth Bae, a source in Washington was quoted as saying by Yonhap. The diplomatic source was

韩国朝鲜举行高级别对话

SEOULNorth and South Korean officials met into the early hours of Sunday in an urgent bid to avert war on the peninsula before adjourning their marathon talks until Sunday afternoon. The high-level meeting began Saturday at the Panmunjom truce villag

PBS高端访谈:美国大学生在进入昏迷状态后被朝鲜方面释放

Now to the release of Otto Warmbier from captivity in North Korea. The American college student was arrested almost 18 months ago during a trip to the reclusive nation, and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. This morning came word suddenly that

俄罗斯希望朝鲜半岛积极发展

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhuanet) - South Korea will not resort to forces first amid the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula, the countrys ambassador to China said . The Republic of Korea is not going to take any provocative military behavior now,

奥巴马重申对韩国的安全承诺

奥巴马重申对韩国的安全承诺 WASHINGTON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday reiterated defense commitment to South Korea with both conventional and nuclear forces after talks with visiting South Korean leader Park Geun-h

朝鲜敦促美国放弃对平壤的敌对政策

朝鲜敦促美国放弃对平壤的敌对政策 PYONGYANG, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday urged the United States to abandon its hostile policy toward the country, the official KCNA news agency repor

中国谈判代表在朝鲜

A top Chinese negotiator arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with a view to restarting the long-stalled Six-Party Talks and further improving the situation on the Korean peninsula, the Foreign Ministry told China Daily on Tuesday. It is the first visit to