NPR 2009-04-19

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says the US will vigorously raise to the Iranian government, the administration's concerns about the eight-year-prison sentence given to Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi. She was convicted this week by a co

朝鲜经济未被国际制裁压垮

North Korea is bowed but not broken by international sanctions, according to clues gleaned by a small group of outsiders dedicated to shining a light on the reclusive Asian nation. 根据一小部分致力于揭示朝鲜状况的外部人士收集的线

2006年VOA标准英语-World Media Gets First Glimpse of North-So

By Kurt Achin Kaesong, North Korea 28 February 2006 North and South Korea gave the international media their first up close look at a joint industrial complex - hailed as the economic future of the di

VOA慢速英语 2007 1006

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The leaders of North and South Korea met this week. It was the first such meeting in seven years, and only the second since Korea was divided in nineteen fifty-three. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, l

朝鲜可能面临食物短缺

AS IT IS 2015-06-25 North Korea Could Face Food Shortage 朝鲜可能面临食物短缺 North Korea could face more food shortages later this year if a drought continues. That is what the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said last week. A drou

2007年VOA标准英语-Seoul Says Food Aid to North Korea Depends on N

By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 24 April 2007 South Korean officials say their agreement Sunday to send rice to help North Korea feed its people will only go through if Pyongyang honors a pledge to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons program. And P

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Warns North Korea on Missiles

By Paula Wolfson Washington 29 June 2006 President Bush is warning North Korea not to test-launch a long range missile. He spoke after talks at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. ---------- Japanese Prime Minister Junich

VOA标准英语2009-North Korea Demands Huge Pay, Rent Increases

North Korea has presented South Korea with sharply elevated rent and wage demands for running a joint industrial facility just inside the North Korean border. At the same time, Pyongyang is refusing to release a detained executive it has held with n

VOA标准英语2012--Japan Heightens Military Alert for North Korean 'Space Launch'

Japan Heightens Military Alert for North Korean 'Space Launch' It is perhaps the highest state of readiness for Japan's military since World War II. The country has deployed naval ships equipped with interceptor missiles and set up missile defenses o

VOA标准英语2012--Koreans, North and South, Train Cambodian Olympic Hopefuls

Koreans, North and South, Train Cambodian Olympic Hopefuls Chov Sotheara is one of only a few Cambodian athletes who could qualify for the London Olympics. Driven to win in a sport dominated by men, she says her strict North Korean coach, Pak So Nam,

VOA标准英语2009年-South Korea Says North Increasing Special Force

South Korea says North Korea is enhancing its military strength by deploying a new missile and increasing its number of light and mobile elite forces. As analysts warn of an imminent missile test by the North, officials in Seoul say Pyongyang's mili

VOA标准英语2013--US, China Facing Increasingly Belligerent North Korea

US, China Facing Increasingly Belligerent North Korea With North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un threatening a pre-emptive nuclear strike to stop what Pyongyang says are plans for a U.S. and South Korean attack, Washington is again calling on Beijing to he

美国国家公共电台 NPR China Monitors Assassination Probe Of North Korean Kim Jong Nam

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia said today that a man killed at the Kuala Lumpur Airport last week was not the half brother of North Korea's dictator. North Korea's neighbor, China, is one of many countries trying to figure

2006年VOA标准英语-Relatives of Japanese Abducted by North Korea P

By Steve Herman Tokyo 14 December 2006 Shinzo Abe (File photo) The Japanese government has told families of Japanese abducted by North Korea that the fate of their relatives will not take a back seat to improving ties with the communist state. VOA's

2006年VOA标准英语-White House Warns North Korea Against Another N

By Paula Wolfson White House 17 October 2006 The White House is warning North Korea against staging a second nuclear test. VOA Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports officials indicate they will not be surprised if Pyongyang tests again. ---- Tony Snow

VOA标准英语2009-US Mulling Options on North Korea Nukes

The Obama administration says it will consider putting North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and is pressing for a U.N. resolution authorizing the boarding of North Korean ships to search for nuclear materials. Sec. of State H

2006年VOA标准英语-North Koreans in Japan Demand Halt to Sanctions

By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 November 2006 A de facto spokesman in Tokyo for North Korea says Pyongyang now regards Japan as the most hostile nation in the world. The spokesman also says ethnic Koreans affiliated with the North have increasingly been th

朝鲜更换强硬派国防部长

North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense chief with a little-known army general. Although no official announcement was made, a news report from the official Korean Central News Agency named Jang Jong Nam as among the party officials attending a

韩国朝鲜举行高级别对话

SEOULNorth and South Korean officials met into the early hours of Sunday in an urgent bid to avert war on the peninsula before adjourning their marathon talks until Sunday afternoon. The high-level meeting began Saturday at the Panmunjom truce villag

2016年CRI China Confident of Relations with Russia, Opposes North Korea's Nuclear Program: Chinese FM

While briefing the press after a meeting with Wang Yi, Lavrov said both Russia and China are strongly opposed to North Korea's nuclear ambitions. Citing the recent UN sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear test and missile launch, Lavrov urged Nor