North Korea Executes Kim Relative From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. This week, North Korea executed the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un. The official Korean Central News Agency said Jang Song Thaek was put to death on Thursday after facing

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Ten North Korean skaters and skiers arrived in South Korea on Thursday to take part in the Winter Olympics, which opens next week. Final preparations for the Olympics have brought a temporary reduction in tensions over the North Korean governments nu

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(二)月

Disabled N. Korean Defector Finds Hope in Seoul Every week, Ji Seong-ho holds a silent demonstration against North Korea. He is one of the 23,000 defectors in South Korea who have fled the repressive Pyongyang government. Ji's journey south was more

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(五月)

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 September 2007 The United States and North Korea are holding bilateral talks in an ongoing process aimed at disabling North Korea's nuclear facilities. This is the latest in a series of working group sessions preparing the g

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The leaders of the rival Koreas have agreed to work towards formally ending the Korean War and to seek a nuclear-free peninsula. That agreement came out of a day-long and historic summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South

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The Chinese government is issuing a new call for calm and restraint on the Korean peninsula. It comes as South Korea's foreign ministry characterizes the prospect of a North Korean missile launch right now as high. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespers

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

United States President Donald Trump has called off a planned meeting on June 12 with North Koreas leader in Singapore. In a letter, the Trump administration said the decision was based on the tremendous anger and open hostility in recent statements

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(五)月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Little is known inside or outside North Korea about the young man who could become the next leader. Kim Jong Un studied in Switzerland but even his age is a mystery. He is around twenty-seven, the youngest

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十)月

By Kurt Achin Seoul 26 July 2007 Diplomatic efforts to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs are, for now, in the hands of technical experts. The working groups, as they are known, will spend next month sifting through details and definitions so

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North Korea says it has arrested another U.S. citizen. If confirmed, the man would be the second American taken into custody in the North in two months. North Korea also is continuing with maritime artillery drills. North Korea's official news agency

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

It was exactly one month ago that American Christian activist Robert Park made his illegal crossing into North Korea. His fate still remains all but completely unknown to his friends and family. A close associate of Robert Park says more than 2,000 p

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North Korea has warned South Korean military and fishing boats to stay clear of a disputed maritime area, or risk being fired on. Kurt Achin | Seoul 21 December 2009 Photo: AP S. Korean fishing boat passes by South Korean Navy's floating base near we

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The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Busan, Republic of Korea, 25 July 2010 The largest joint military exercise by the United States and South Korea in years is underway in the Sea of Japan. These war games were called in respo

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S. Korean Media: North Korea Aired Unauthorized Recording of World Cup Opener The Demilitarized Zone, at the 38th parallel, is the four-kilometer buffer separating North and South Korea. The recent sinking of South Korean warship, the Cheonan, in the

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North Korea has revised the charter of its only political party, apparently to ensure a smooth transition of power from father to son in the reclusive communist state. VOA correspondent Steve Herman has obtained a copy of the document, which has not

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US, S. Korea Ready to Counter N. Korean Aggression With North Korean troops training for what Pyongyang calls a state of war with South Korea, Secretary Kerry says Washington and its allies will not be caught off guard. The United States will do what

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(四月)

By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 June 2006 US Ambassador to S. Korea Alexander Vershbow, right, receives a briefing from an unidentified N. Korean guide at a factory in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong Washington's ambassador to South Korea calls a

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By Scott Stearns White House 19 April 2008 President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak say they are still hopeful that North Korea will disclose the details of its nuclear weapons program, as required under a 2007 six-party accord. Pyongy

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 April 2008 South Korean officials have issued their first formal response to recent moves by North Korea, labeling some of the North's recent statements inappropriate. The exchange comes as high-level American and South Korean

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U.S. President George Bush is urging the North Korean government to agree to a strong verification of its nuclear program. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports the comments came at a joint news conference in Seoul with South Korean Pr

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