VOA慢速英语2013 Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast

Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast This is Shirley Griffith. And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the lighthouses that protect ships sailing along the coast of North Carolin

AS IT IS 2016-09-26 Travel Blogger Criticized for ‘Fun’ Trip to North Korea

AS IT IS 2016-09-26 Travel Blogger Criticized for Fun Trip to North Korea A popular travel blogger is being criticized for writing only good comments and posting fun videos from a trip to North Korea. British world traveler Louis Cole posted the vide

VOA标准英语2012--North Korea Trying to Make Succession Look Solid

North Korea Trying to Make Succession Look Solid North Korea's efforts to solidify Kim Jong Un as the communist nation's new supreme leader appear to be intensifying. North Korea's state-run media Tuesday released video of the new leader rallying tro

英语博客：Smoke to the north.

The view from the back of our house faces north, looking at the hills on either side of the Columbia river. They are brown this time of year, after a hot and dry summer. For a few days, the view was hard to see because there was smoke to the north(1)

Seoul Urges Negotiation Over North Korea's Nuclear Program

By Michael Drudge South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun says a peaceful approach to solving North Korea's nuclear threat is preferred over the more forceful action advocated by some hard-liners in the U

Japanese Foreign Minister Cools Talk on North Korea Sanction

By Steve Herman Diplomatic efforts continue to try getting North Korea back to the negotiating table to discuss dismantling its nuclear weapons program. Japanese and Russian diplomats say it is too so

2007年VOA标准英语-Tension Rises Between North, South Sudan Over A

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 15 August 2007 The government of south Sudan says dialogue with the Sudanese government in Khartoum has completely broken down and a peace deal signed in 2005 is in jeopardy. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, tension conti

VOA标准英语2010年-North Korea Scraps Military Safeguards

South Korean Navy Patrol Combat Corvettes stage an anti-submarine exercise at off the western coast town of Taean, 27 May 2010 In a sharp escalation of tensions with South Korea, North Korea says it is discarding military procedures the two sides hav

VOA标准英语2011--Italy Growth Struggles to Bridge North-South Divide

Italy Growth Struggles to Bridge North-South Divide Italy is one of the most economically divided countries in Europe. The north - with cities like Milan and Turin - accounts for a large majority of the country's GDP, while the south often is viewed

VOA标准英语2013--North Korea Offers Direct Talks with US

North Korea Offers Direct Talks with US North Korea says it is offering direct talks to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. The United States says North Korea must first meet its international obligations to end its nuclear program. North Korea mu

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.N. Approves New North Korea Sanctions Over Missile Tests

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: North Korea is one of the most challenging foreign policy situations facing the Trump administration right now. The international community has just stepped in. The United Nations Security Council is levying a fresh round o

美国国家公共电台 NPR North Korea Fires Another Missile Over Japan

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Japan, people in the northern region of Hokkaido woke up to sirens and instructions to take cover. (SOUNDBITE OF SIRENS) KELLY: This after North Korea again fired a ballistic missile which, again, flew over Japan. And this

美国国家公共电台 NPR Remembering North Korea's Audacious Capture of the USS Pueblo

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This is a story about a standoff between the United States and North Korea. We are not talking about the current tensions over nuclear weapons. This standoff occurred 50 years ago today when North Korean forces attacked the s

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Spies Have A Leading Role In The North Korea Summit

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. So we are not sure yet whether President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are going to actually meet, but U.S. and Korean spy chiefs are set to have more face time today. And they have been playing leading role

2016年CRI North Korea vows to continue to develop nuclear capability

Friday morning's underground nuclear test in North Korea was not a complete surprise, as activities associated with nuclear weapons testing have been noted around the test facility for the past few months. However, Su Xiaohui, deputy director of Inte

VOA常速英语2007-North Korean Prime Minister Visits Vietnam

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 29 October 2007 North Korean Prime Minister Kim Yong Il ended his visit to Vietnam, where he traveled from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. Kim is responsible for running North Korea's economy, and is believed to want to apply less

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标准英语2010年-Escaped Slaves Followed the North Star

Recreating the escape route to northern states and Canada for fleeing slaves Dora Mekouar 12 February 2010 Follow the North Star participants learn about slavery at a re-enacted outdoor auction. History by immersion, is how the Conner Prairie interac

VOA标准英语2009年-Reports: North Korea Revalues Currency

N. Korea has sharply raised the value of its currency, causing confusion, and a sudden spike in demand in for Chinese yuan and US dollars Kurt Achin | Seoul 01 December 2009 North Korean banknotes are displayed at a souvenir shop in the Imjingak Pavi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Do Some South Koreans Believe A Myth That North Koreans Have Horns?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump will have his first face-to-face meeting with China's president this week. Front and center in that conversation will be what to do about the growing threat from North Korea. For more than two decades, the U.S. ha