VOA双语新闻：韩国要求北韩释放被扣押渔船

South Korea is demanding that North Korea return a fishing boat and its crew that crossed into the North's waters in a possible case of mistaken navigation. The demand has not yet received a response. 韩国正在要求北韩释放一艘被他们扣押

VOA双语新闻 - 北韩更换货币、大幅调高币值

North Korea has apparently revalued its currency, in a move that may be aimed at tightening domestic market activity. 北韩重新调整了其货币价值。此举可能是为了更加严格控制其国内市场活动。 South Korean media quoted unn

VOA双语新闻：联合国大幅减少对北韩粮食援助

The United Nations World Food Program has to drastically cut the number of hungry North Koreans it feeds because of a lack of international funding and new restrictions imposed by Pyongyang. 由于缺少国际资金和平壤新实施的限制，联合国

VOA双语新闻：亚欧外长河内会晤 关注缅甸北韩

The foreign ministers of 45 Asian and European countries met in Hanoi Monday for talks on the global economy but found themselves wrapped up with the issues of Burma and North Korea. 亚洲和欧洲45个国家的外交部长星期一在河内举行会晤

VOA双语新闻 --- 北韩首次批韩总统李明博为卖国贼

North Korea has singled out South Korea's president for harsh criticism, for the first time since he took office. Meanwhile, the chief American envoy to talks aimed ending North Korea's nuclear weapons is in Seoul, warning time is running out for the

VOA双语新闻 ---粮农组织呼吁紧急行动缓北韩饥荒

The United Nations World Food Program says urgent action is needed to prevent what it calls a serious tragedy because of food shortages in North Korea. A bad harvest and soaring world food prices may be creating one of the leanest years in the North

VOA双语新闻 --- 韩总统批评北韩威胁：态度不可取

In his first personal response to recent threats from North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has criticized Pyongyang's recent attitude. Amid reports of potential military measures by the North, Mr. Lee is calling for a new, more straightf

VOA双语新闻 --- 希尔说与北韩的核谈判有一些进展

The chief U.S. negotiator in six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis says talks with his North Korean counterpart in Singapore were good and may yield progress. 北韩核问题六方会谈的美国首席谈判代表希尔表示，他在新加

VOA双语新闻 --- 美驻韩大使再吁北韩交核活动清单

The United States Ambassador to South Korea says Washington must receive a complete nuclear declaration from Pyongyang before it can remove North Korea from American list of states sponsoring terrorism. An American ambassador says the North is failin

VOA双语新闻：希尔：北韩希望澄清各方关注问题

Washington's chief negotiator on the North Korean nuclear issue says the multinational talks are not at a stalemate. He says, despite its failure to produce a promised description of its nuclear activities, Pyongyang wants to clarify issues of concer

VOA双语新闻 - 北韩没承诺必然重返六方会谈

The top U.S. envoy on North Korean nuclear disarmament says he had good discussions in Pyongyang, but secured no formal commitment for the North to come back to negotiations. 解决北韩核问题的美国特使博茨沃斯说，他在平壤同北韩官

VOA双语新闻：安理会谴责北韩最新一轮导弹发射

The U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned North Korea's most recent missile launches as violations of council resolutions, and demanded that Pyongyang comply fully with its international obligations. 联合国安理会星期一谴责了北韩最新

VOA双语新闻：联合国安理会对北韩实施新制裁

After more than two weeks of negotiations among the permanent five veto-wielding members of the Security Council, the full 15-member council adopted a resolution Friday condemning and sanctioning North Korea for its May 25 underground nuclear test. T

VOA双语新闻：拜登：美国决心执行对北韩的制裁

Vice President Joe Biden says the United States is committed to enforcing enhanced U.N. sanctions against North Korea, despite defiant statements from Pyongyang. 美国副总统拜登说，美国决心执行联合国对北韩的更为严厉的制裁，

VOA双语新闻：韩高官：北韩挑衅为国内巩固权力

South Korea's chief official on North Korea policy says he believes North Korea's recent acts of international defiance are aimed at shoring up power at home. With talks to end the North's nuclear weapons at a standstill, South Korea is intensifying

VOA双语新闻：北韩称因紧急情况开闸放水

South Korea remains dissatisfied with Pyongyang's explanation of a deadly flood that resulted from a dam opening in North Korean territory. Seoul's chief official on North Korean policy is beginning to question publicly Pyongyang's motives. 韩国仍然

VOA双语新闻：北韩软化对韩国的经济要求

North Korea has withdrawn its insistence on massive wage increases from South Korea at a jointly-run factory zone in the North. The move is widely seen as part of a broader charm offensive by Pyongyang, but comes as South Korea remains angry at a flo

VOA双语新闻：北韩推动持续几十年弹道导弹计划

As speculation continues over the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, there are new signs the North is advancing its decades-old ballistic missile program. 在外界继续就北韩领导人金正日的健康状况做出种种猜测之际，有新

VOA双语新闻：北韩开始修复一座被拆除的核设施

A senior North Korean official says his country is beginning to restore a disabled nuclear facility capable of producing weapons material. Pyongyang says the United States has not fulfilled obligations under a multinational agreement to get rid of th

VOA双语新闻：希尔下周访中俄磋商北韩核问题

The chief U.S. envoy to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, Christopher Hill, visits Beijing and Moscow next week to consult on efforts to move the stalled disarmament process forward. Officials say the assistant secretary of State