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South Africa Protector of the Powerless Is Nation's Most Powerful Person PRETORIA South Africa's public protector enjoys a formidable reputation -- and higher approval ratings than her boss, President Jacob Zuma. Thuli Madonsela has grabbed headlines
By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 June 2008 North Korea's official news media have recently been praising South Korean anti-U.S. beef protests, describing them as a popular struggle against a traitor president. But as VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the p
By Caroline Sawyer Nairobi 17 August 2007 A United Nations agency report says 600,000 people in southern Somalia, including people in and around the capital Mogadishu, are suffering from severe malnutrition and nearly 300,000 of those require immedia
By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 October 2007 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun received a personal, and unscheduled, greeting from North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the North Korean capital. VOA's Kurt Achin in Seoul has more on the start of their summit m
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: At the Olympics, North and South Korea made headlines for making nice, but South Korea's relations have cooled with an ally, Japan. NPR's Elise Hu reports on the backdrop to a rivalry. (SOUNDBITE OF 2018 OLYMPIC GAMES) UNIDENTIFI
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is a historic day in South Korea. Just hours ago, lawmakers there voted to impeach their president, Park Geun-hye. She's been mired in a corruption scandal that has sent millions of people into the streets to protest. Now, t
By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 June 2008 South Koreans have turned out in massive numbers for a rally to criticize their president and to oppose the resumed import of American beef. Some are comparing the rallies to ones held on the same date more than 20 y
By Steve Schy Washington 17 January 2006 Kim Hyo-Jung Kim Hyo-Jung, 17, left her native South Korea and family two years ago to get a fresh start in speedskating, after what she describes as bad exper
By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 December 2007 The frontrunner in South Korea's presidential race has avoided what many political analysts describe as his only serious obstacle to victory. Prosecutors have cleared former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak of fraud accu
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 November 2006 In South Africa, the National Assembly has passed a law legalizing same sex unions. The first such law in Africa, it sparked heated debate for months. Participants take part in Johannesburg's 17th Gay Prid
The Chinese Foreign Ministry says anyone and any country, without a political purpose, and aware of the specifics on the South China sea issue will understand and support China's stance. This is in response to recent media reports saying China is obt
South African President Jacob Zuma, right, laughs as he hands over the trophy to FIFA President Joseph Blatter, left, during the briefing to local and international media on the 2010 Soccer World Cup at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South
People climb around a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela, during celebrations outside the Drakenstein prison near Cape Town, 11 Feb 2010 South Africans Thursday celebrated the release from prison 20 years ago of former President
South African President Jacob Zuma, 25 Mar 2010 (file photo) South African leaders are trying to appease tensions caused by the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanche. He was killed Saturday by two black workers in an apparent disput
South Africa's president says his government will expand testing and treatment for the HIV/AIDS virus that afflicts an estimated 5.7 million people in his country. Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 01 December 2009 South African President Jacob Zuma, second
Organizers of the upcoming football World Cup in South Africa are hoping the event will provide a boost to South Africa's economy and especially to its growing tourism industry. But at a recent tourism convention in Durban, some operators are express
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 30 September 2009 Work continues at Soccer City Stadium on edge of Soweto, south of Johannesburg, 30 Sep 2009 Fifty experts from FIFA and the Organizing Committee in South Africa have completed an inspection of the st
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump will have his first face-to-face meeting with China's president this week. Front and center in that conversation will be what to do about the growing threat from North Korea. For more than two decades, the U.S. ha
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says a non-ASEAN country tried to persuade Cambodia and other ASEAN countries to support the South China Sea arbitration. A month ago, an ambassador of a country visited me, and said he hoped that Cambodia would suppo
By Brent Latham Port Said, Egypt 05 October 2009 Honduras forward Roger Rojas (C) tries to keep control of ball as South African defender Ace Bhengu (L) and midfielder Sameehg Doutie (back R) surround him, 4 Oct 2009 The South African national socce