VOA慢速英语2012 EXPLORATIONS - Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast

EXPLORATIONS - 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 o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Experts Say Denuclearizing North Korea Is No Small Task

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As a possible summit approaches between President Trump and North Korea's leader, a poem that kids learn in school comes to mind. The poem says, in its entirety, so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside

voa标准英语2008年-South Korean Officials Return From North As Joi

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

VOA标准英语2013--Seismologists Monitor North Korea Nuclear Blast

Seismologists Monitor North Korea Nuclear Blast Its been almost 70 years since the atomic age was unleashed. The United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which led to the end of World War II. While the memories of the devastation still linger, th

VOA标准英语2013--What Message Would US Acting in Syria Send to Iran and North Korea?

What Message Would US Acting in Syria Send to Iran and North Korea? STATE DEPARTMENT Part of President Barack Obama's argument for a military strike against Syria is a threat to broader U.S. security concerns in the Middle East and Asia. Secretary of

VOA常速英语2007-US Navy Rescues Crew of North Korean Ship Off So

By Al Pessin Washington 30 October 2007 The U.S. Navy rescued the crew of a North Korean cargo ship off the coast of Somalia Tuesday, after it was attacked by unidentified men who took control of part of the vessel. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the P

VOA标准英语2008年-South Korea Urges Hungry North to Accept Corn A

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

2006年VOA标准英语-US Envoy Says No Breakthroughs at North Korea N

By Roger Wilkison Beijing 19 December 2006 The chief U.S. negotiator at the six-party talks in Beijing that are aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program says there were no breakthroughs after his first bilateral meeting

2006年VOA标准英语-US Envoy Says North Koreans Face 'Stark Choice'

By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 December 2006 United States Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow says it is possible to resolve financial issues holding up progress in dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons. In an exclusive interview, Alexander Ve

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts Keep Close Tabs on North Korean Missile

By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 June 2006 World leaders have expressed concern for weeks over the possibility of a North Korean missile test. Beyond satellite images of the missile launch base, however, relatively little is known about Pyongyang's prospectiv

2006年VOA标准英语-North Korean Missile Raises Speculation

By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 June 2006 Although concerns remain high that North Korea might soon fire a long-range missile, there are some doubts that a launch is imminent. The U.S. ambassador to South Korea warns that a missile launch would only further

voa标准英语2008-US Says North Korea Deal Can't Advance Without V

The State Department says the deal under which North Korea is to end its nuclear program in return for aid and diplomatic benefits cannot go any farther without an agreement to verify disarmament steps. Four days of talks in Beijing on a verificatio

voa标准英语2008-US Expects "Difficult" Beijing Talks on North Ko

The U.S. State Department said it expects a meeting in Beijing next week on ending North Korea's nuclear program to be difficult, but that no consideration is being given to scrapping the six-party talks. The senior U.S. delegate to the talks Friday

VOA标准英语 Top UN Nuclear Official Optimistic About North Korea

The head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog agency says he believes the international community's nuclear disagreements with North Korea and Iran can be resolved through dialogue, not confrontation. IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei in Beijing, 20 A

VOA标准英语2009年-Japan Orders Possible North Korean Rocket

Japan's military is getting ready to shoot down part or all of the rocket North Korea is planning to launch, if it looks like it will land anywhere on Japanese territory. Meanwhile, senior regional envoys are heading to Washington to craft a diploma

VOA标准英语2009年-'Kimjongilia' Documents Suffering North Ko

By Kurt Achin Pusan, South Korea 22 October 2009 Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of North Koreans live in forced labor camps for political reeducation, where torture, starvation, and illness are commonplace. North Korean defectors s

VOA标准英语2013--BBC Filming on North Korea Trip Sparks Anger

BBC Filming on North Korea Trip Sparks Anger Three BBC journalists entered North Korea, posing as students on a university trip organized by the London School of Economics. In secretly filmed footage, BBC reporter John Sweeney is seen walking in the

2007年VOA标准英语-Japan, US Want G8 to Put More Pressure on North

By Scott Stearns Rostock, Germany 06 June 2007 Japan and the United States want the world's leading industrialized nations to put more pressure on North Korea to comply with an international agreement aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. VOA

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chemical Weapon Found On Body Of North Korean Leader's Half-Brother

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And the mystery surrounding the airport killing of the North Korean leader's half brother is getting even more bizarre and even more grim now. Malaysia has announced initial lab results that show a chemical weapon was used in the

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I Was Shocked By Freedom': Defectors Reflect On Life In North Korea

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: North Korea is one of the most secretive regimes in the world. Its leader demands unquestioning loyalty from its citizens. NPR's Lauren Frayer had a chance to hear about what it's like living under those circumstances from the peop