VOA常速英语2007年-US Military Says It's Short on Trainers in Afgh

By Al Pessin Pentagon 09 November 2007 The U.S. Army officer responsible for training Afghanistan's new security forces says he only has about half the number of U.S. military trainers he asked for. But he says the resulting delay will be measured in

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean President 'Might Quit' Party to Wo

By Kurt Achin Seoul 11 January 2007 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has gone on live television for the second time in three days to promote his constitutional proposal on changing the length of presidential terms. Although he says he will not r

2007年VOA标准英语-Rice Warns Against New North Korean Nuclear Tes

By David Gollust State Department 05 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday a new North Korean nuclear test would only deepen that country's isolation. Rice, who met with her South Korean counterpart in Washington, said th

2007年VOA标准英语-South, North Korean Leaders to Hold Summit

By Kurt Achin Seoul 08 August 2007 South Korea have surprised much of the world by announcing their leaders will meet later this month. It will be only the second top-level meeting in the two countries' history; the firstmeeting dramatically shifted

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush, Yemeni President Discuss Middle East Terr

By Scott Stearns White House 02 May 2007 President Bush and his Yemeni counterpart, Ali Abdullah Saleh met at the White House Wednesday to discuss the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Yemen's Pr

VOA常速英语2007年-Korean Military Talks Get Physical in Dispute O

By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 December 2007 North and South Korean generals scuffled briefly on the second day of high-level military talks at the two countries' border. Tension at the talks is fueled by a decades-old dispute over an international demarcati

VOA常速英语2007年-Former Seoul Mayor Closes In on S. Korean Presi

By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former Seoul mayor who bills himself as a pro-business conservative is expected to become South Korea's next president by an overwhelming margin when voters go to the polls on Wednesday. As VOA's Kurt Achin repo

VOA常速英语2007年-S. Korean Presidential Frontrunner Faces Renewe

By Kurt Achin Seoul 17 December 2007 South Korea's legislature has voted to appoint an independent counsel to look into fraud allegations against front-running presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak. But, state prosecutors, who cleared Lee of formal ch

VOA常速英语2007年-Regular North-South Korean Train Route Opens

By Kurt Achin Paju, South Korea 11 December 2007 Regular cargo train service has resumed between the divided Koreas for the first time in more than half a century. South Korea plans to send tons of supplies into North Korea by rail on a daily basis.

VOA常速英语2007年-South Korean Presidential Frontrunner Cleared o

By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 December 2007 The frontrunner in South Korea's presidential race has avoided what many political analysts describe as his only serious obstacle to victory. Prosecutors have cleared former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak of fraud accu

VOA常速英语2007年-North, South Korean Prime Ministers Meet to Exp

By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 November 2007 The prime ministers of North and South Korea are trying to push forward what their presidents set in motion at last month's summit. On the opening day of talks in Seoul, the two leaders vowed to start implementing

VOA常速英语2007年-US Says North Korean Sanctions Will Not Be Lift

By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 November 2007 The U.S. envoy in charge of seeking a diplomatic end to North Korea's nuclear weapons programs says Pyongyang has much more to do before punitive United Nations sanctions are lifted. As a U.S. team begins the proc

VOA常速英语2007-UN: North Korean Flood Victims Need Emergency Ai

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 October 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says hundreds of thousands of flood victims in North Korea are in a fragile state and need emergency assistance. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva that UNICEF says food,

2007年VOA标准英语-Taleban Says it Released Two South Korean Hosta

By Benjamin Sand Kabul 11 August 2007 Taleban insurgents say they have released two of the 21 remaining South Korean hostages they kidnapped more than three weeks ago. The word came as the insurgents completed a second day of face-to-face talks with

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Warns North Korean Flooding May Make Dire Fo

By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 August 2007 A team representing several U.N. humanitarian agencies is in North Korea to investigate damage from heavy flooding. A U.N. spokesman says floodwaters may have done extensive damage to crops, further worsening the N

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Conservatives Choose Presidential

By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 August 2007 Lee Myung-bak, waves his hand after he was elected presidential candidate in Seoul, 20 Aug 2007 South Korea's main conservative party has selected a former Seoul mayor as its candidate for president. Elections to re

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Defense Minister to Make Historic

By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 September 2007 South Korea has announced it will include its minister of defense in an entourage traveling to North Korea for their summit meeting next month. This will be the first such defense visit since the end of the Korea

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Military Contributes to Iraq Coali

By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 20 September 2007 The South Korean military has deployed over 1,000 troops in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Though they are part of the multinational force, the soldiersdo not patrol the streets or take part in combat opera

2007年VOA标准英语-Documentary Film Tells Story About South Africa

By Carolyn Weaver New York City 21 May 2007 We Are Together (Thina Simunye) is an award-winning documentary about the children of Agape Orphanage, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is the first film by a 25-year-old director from Bri

2007年VOA标准英语-Rice, Olmert & Abbas to Hold Three-Way Summit N

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 15 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will attend a three-way summit next month with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the establishment of a