NPR 2010-05-26

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 23 January 2006 A top South Korean official says he thinks the recent visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to China will have a positive effect on multi-lateral talks ai

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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

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By Scott Stearns White House 25 October 2006 U.S. President George Bush says North Korea is once again testing the resolve of nations trying to stop its nuclear weapons program. George Bush President Bush says it is not the first time North Korean l

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 25 July 2006 General view of the plenary session at the 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 25, 2006 As North Korean diplomats prepare to take part in a regional security forum in Malaysia, Pyongyang is

2007年VOA标准英语-US Rebuffs North Korean Offer for Military Talk

By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 13 July 2007 North Korea says it wants to hold military talks with the United States, but Washington says any direct talks would only come after an end to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Joseph Popiolkowski has m

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--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-S. Korea Counters North's Nuclear Test by

South Korea is upgrading its participation in a U.S., led international campaign to disrupt the traffic of weapons of mass destruction, a step it long avoided to prevent angering Pyongyang. The move comes after a nuclear test by the North, and sever

VOA标准英语2009年-Senior North Korean Official Makes Rare Tr

By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 October 2009 A high-level North Korean official is traveling to the United States for meetings that may help push forward stalled diplomacy with Washington. The trip coincides with South Korean media speculation of talk betwee

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

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美国国家公共电台 NPR S. Korea: North Test-Fires Handful Of 'Unknown Projectiles' Into Japan Waters

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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

VOA标准英语2009年-North Korea Requests Rare Meeting With UN Comma

North Korea has met for the first time in years with senior officers in the United Nations Command that monitors the heavily armed border dividing the Korean peninsula. The meeting comes days before the scheduled start of US - South Korea military d

VOA标准英语2009-US Hopes to Dissuade North Korea from Nuclea

High-level American envoys visiting Seoul say they are cooperating with regional allies to dissuade North Korea from the path of nuclear weaponry and back to dialogue aimed at disarmament. The delegation is making stops around Asia for consultations

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VOA标准英语2009年-South Sudan Reacts Angrily to Report of Po

A senior leader of South Sudan's ruling party says its suspicions of foul play on the part of the North have been confirmed by a new report that finds discrepancies in the oil figures reported by Khartoum. Oil revenue sharing is a crucial component

VOA标准英语2009年-N. Korea Softens Economic Demands on South

North Korea has withdrawn its insistence on massive wage increases from South Korea at a jointly-run factory zone in the North. The move is widely seen as part of a broader charm offensive by Pyongyang, but comes as South Korea remains angry at a fl