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By Kurt Achin Seoul 31 March 2008 South Korea is opting for a low public policy profile amid escalating tensions with North Korea. Seoul officials kept quiet, a day after Pyongyang threatened to turn the South into ashes. VOA's Kurt Achin reports fro
South Korean officials who usually work in North Korea have returned home as ties between the two cold war rivals worsen. Both sides are getting ready for a complete border closure the North has promised to enforce next week. VOA's Kurt Achin has mo
By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 June 2008 South Korea says it is willing to send tens of thousands of tons of immediate food aid to impoverished North Korea. The aid would fulfill a deal made during the previous South Korean administration, but may not ease
By Kurt Achin Seoul 17 April 2008 The chairman of one of the world's biggest and best-known corporations is facing criminal charges for tax evasion and other alleged misdeeds. Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, arguably the most powerful businessman in So
A two-day national convention convened by former leaders of the ruling African National Congress is under way in Johannesburg. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from the convention, it is likely to lead to a call for a formation of a new political party
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 March 2008 South Koreans are now counting the days to their country's historic first astronaut in space, set to launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on 8 April. The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a Sout
.S. and South Korean military officials confirm the two allied nations are planning a major military drill, expected to begin this week. The exercise focuses on a simulated marine landing and comes at a time when North Korea has sharpened its rhetor
An international medical aid group says the number of people dying from malaria could be dramatically reduced by providing free testing and treatment. The group made the announcement based on three successful programs in Africa where most malaria de
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 19 October 2007 From South African President Thabo Mbeki to children playing on the streets of Soweto, South Africans are once again united in support of the national rugby team, the Springboks, ahead of their World Cu
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
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 04 December 2007 South Africa's biggest union has staged a one-day strike to protest safety and security problems that have contributed to an increase in mining deaths this year. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johann
By Kurt Achin Seoul 08 April 2008 South Koreans are celebrating the launch of their country's first space traveler. Yi So-yeon has become the first South Korean woman to blast into orbit on her way to a research mission on the International Space Sta
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 August 2007 South Korea's top official in charge of North Korea policy says a planned summit will boost multinational efforts to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul. Lee Jae-joung, ce
By Scott Bobb Durban 10 June 2008 Qualifying matches have begun around the world for the football World Cup, which begins in two years. In 2010 the World Cup is to be held for the first time in Africa and attention is focusing on host nation South A
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 November 2007 South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the prosecution in four applications that will give the state access to important evidence in its corruption case against Jacob Zuma, the co
South Korea is welcoming a compromise between the United States and North Korea on inspecting the North's nuclear facilities. The deal removes North Korea from a U.S. list of suspected terrorism sponsors. As Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, S
South Korea is taking the lead in creating a prospective pool of money with its cash-rich neighbors to prevent the worst effects of the American economic situation from spilling over in the region. Meanwhile, top financial officials are telling Sout
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 23 October 2007 South Africa's rugby world-champion, the Springboks, have returned home to a rapturous welcome following their victory over England at the Rugby World Cup in France. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from J
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 11 September 2007 South Africans are marking the 30th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, who died while in police custody. The occasion is being marked this week by spee
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 12 November 2007 During South Africa's apartheid era, many of the nation's black activists were detained in a notorious island prison near Cape Town. A new film is revealing a bit of hidden history about prison life. Th