VOA标准英语2009-North Korea, Free Trade Likely to Dominate O

By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 November 2009 President Obama arrives in South Korea next week (November 18-19) as he wraps up his tour of Asia. Opening markets and dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons are high on the agenda. President Barack Obama wav

VOA标准英语2013--US, UN Pledge Action Against North Korea Nuclear Test

US, UN Pledge Action Against North Korea Nuclear Test As crowds in Pyongyang celebrate what North Korean leaders call a successful nuclear test in legitimate self-defense, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the test is a direct challenge to the

VOA标准英语2009年-US Envoy Returning to Asia for North Korea

The State Department said Thursday its special envoy for implementing U.N.-mandated sanctions against North Korea will return to Asia next week for more talks on tightening economic curbs against Pyongyang. Ambassador Philip Goldberg said he thinks

VOA标准英语2009年-Clinton Speaks Out on North Korea, Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a strong defense of Obama administration policy on North Korea and Iran during an extended interview Sunday on American television. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Secretary of State Clinton is sending

VOA标准英语2013--Kerry: China Key to Resolving North Korea Crisis

Kerry: China Key to Resolving North Korea Crisis With troops training in what North Korea says is a state of war, Kerry says Pyongyang can still end international isolation over its nuclear program. And once again, China is the key. They can come bac

VOA标准英语2013--North Korea, 'Asia Pivot', Tops Kerry's Agenda

North Korea, 'Asia Pivot', Tops Kerry's Agenda On Asia, President Obama's second term starts where his first left off --boosting military, diplomatic, and commercial assets in the region as part of a so-called Asia Pivot. Ahead of his first trip to A

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Warns Summit With North Korea May Not Happen On Schedule

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is meeting today at the White House with South Korea's president Moon Jae-in. The two men are partners in an effort to strip North Korea of its nuclear weapons. But at times this has really been an uneasy partnersh

美国国家公共电台 NPR North Korea Demolishes Its Nuclear Test Site In A 'Huge Explosion'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: North Korea is making a public show of moving towards denuclearization ahead of a planned summit with the U.S. The regime invited a small group of foreign reporters to witness the demolition of its nuclear test site in the northe

美国国家公共电台 NPR Analysts: North Korea Improves Its Capabilities With Each Missile Test

DON GONYEA, HOST: North Korea has launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. Nuclear experts say the latest test improved on the last one with a range that could reach most of the continental U.S. NPR's Seoul corresp

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tillerson's North Korean Overture Highlights His Credibility Problem

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Well, the U.S. secretary of state has a message for North Korea. Here is Rex Tillerson speaking yesterday. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON: We're ready to talk any time North Korea would like to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Open Scientific Collaboration May Be Helping North Korea Cheat Nuclear Sanctions

NOEL KING, HOST: North Korea is subject to some of the strictest sanctions on the planet. The Trump administration is depending on that pressure to force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but new research shows the North is getting around s

2006年VOA标准英语-South Korea Says No Food Aid for North Until it

By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 July 2006 S. Korean protesters shout slogans as they hold N. Korea's flags and pictures leader Kim Jong Il next to North's mock missile during an anti- N. Korea rally, July 12, 2006 South Korea has taken its firmest stand to d

2006年VOA标准英语-South Korean Tourism Resort in North Under Scru

By Kurt Achin Seoul, South Korea 15 November 2006 watch North Korea Kumgang Mount Kumgang, North Korea The international community is looking at ways to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed after North Korea conducted its first-ever nuclear test on Octobe

2007年VOA标准英语-North American Leaders Wrap Up Summit

By Paula Wolfson Washington 21 August 2007 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, center, stands with President Bush, left, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada have wrapped up a two-day summit at

2007年VOA标准英语-US Talks with North Korea Move Forward

By Kane Farabaugh New York City 08 March 2007 watch report on US/North Korea Talks The United States and North Korea held a first round of historic talks in New York earlier this week aimed at establishing normalized, diplomatic relations between the

VOA常速英语2007年-Al-Qaida in North Africa Claims Responsibility

By VOA News 11 December 2007 Al-Qaida's North African wing has claimed responsibility for two deadly car bomb blasts Tuesday outside U.N. offices and a government building in Algeria's capital. Algerian government officials say at least 26 people wer

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Vows Support for US Probe of North Korea Aid

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 12 June 2007 The United Nations is cooperating with a U.S. probe into charges that North Korea's government misspent millions of dollars in aid money intended for its impoverished people. But as VOA's correspondent Pe

2006年VOA标准英语-US Warns North Korea on Nuclear Test

By Stephanie Ho Washington 04 October 2006 The top U.S. diplomat in the six nation talks on the North Korean nuclear program says the United States and its allies will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. ----- Christopher Hill (file photo) U.S.

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korea Says Summit With North May Speed Up

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

VOA常速英语2008年-S. Korea Warns North's Nuclear Stall May Slow E

By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 March 2008 South Korea's chief official on North Korea policy has warned a continued lack of progress in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons could threaten the growth of a joint industrial park. The park, built by South Korea