By Kurt Achin Seoul 31 December 2007 The United States and Japan are expressing regret that North Korea is breaking a key promise aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs. 2007 is coming to an end with no declaration from North Korea listing its

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

The U.S. and South Korea on Monday began 10 days of large-scale joint military exercises, but with a reduced number of troops and assets than had participated last year. Military leaders stress these defensive drills are needed to maintain operationa

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South Korea and the United States have raised their defense alert levels on the Korean peninsula, a day after the North said it was willing to discard the 56-year-old armistice that paused the Korean War. Analysts expect more tension in the days ahe

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North Korean government issued a statement on Saturday saying the country had entered a state of war with South Korea. The statement, announced by the country's national media, came after two American B-2 bombers flew a training mission in South Kore

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North Korea is sending a 230-member all-female cheerleading squad to the Olympics in South Korea. Some observers are using the term army of beauties to describe the group. North Koreans who fled the country have mixed feelings about the cheerleaders.

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North Korea says it is considering what it calls a total freeze on ties with South Korea. It is the latest sign of Pyongyang's displeasure with the South's conservative president. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports. South Korean officials ar

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 24 October 2007 Senior South Korean officials say North Korea is ready to start dismantling key nuclear facilities within weeks. The moves are part of a multinational agreement aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons programs.

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 March 2008 North Korea is warning it may slow or even halt its cooperation in dismantling key nuclear facilities, amid a dispute with Washington over an alleged uranium enrichment program. Pyongyang has also conducted a short r

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 29 June 2006 North Korean Kim Young Nam, right, speaks at press conference as Kim's South Korean sister Kim Young-ja, left, sits during the separated Family Reunion Meeting at Kumgangsan Hotel in Diamond Mountain, North Korea, Ju

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The World Food Program has called on South Korea to provide $60 million in aid for North Korea. The United Nations agency says the isolated state is facing its worst food shortage in a decade. Jason Strother has more from Seoul. The South Korean Uni

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Recently heightened tensions between North and South Korea have eased in at least one way - North Korea is once again allowing a small number of South Koreans who do business in the North to cross the border. South Koreans were stranded in the North

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 November 2006 South Korea says it will not formally join a U.S.- led coalition aimed at preventing international traffic in weapons of mass destruction. Seoul declined the U.S. request as it announced its plan for implementing

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 July 2006 Talks between the United States and South Korea on North Korea's missile launches are complicated by sharply differing opinions in Washington and Seoul as to how to influence Pyongyang's behavior. The top U.S. diplom

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 March 2006 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun The Korean War of 1950-53 never formally ended. Fighting was halted by a temporary armistice that remains in effect today, dividin

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 June 2008 North Korea has publicly declared its commitment to battling terrorism, in a move apparently aimed at hastening its removal from a U.S. list of terror sponsoring nations. With talks to end North Korea's nuclear-weapo

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By Dan Robinson Washington 14 June 2007 A proposed free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea is still facing opposition from some members of Congress. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. Objections center on concerns it

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 August 2007 Lee Myung-bak, waves his hand after he was elected presidential candidate in Seoul, 20 Aug 2007 South Korea's main conservative party has selected a former Seoul mayor as its candidate for president. Elections to re

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South Korea says North Korea's killing of a tourist from the South is unlikely to affect talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons. However, the South is seeking some degree of diplomatic leverage in getting the North to be forthcoming about

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Washington's main envoy on the North Korean nuclear issue is in Pyongyang, aiming to convince leaders there not to reverse promises they made last year. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, if the talks fail, the stage could be set for the

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 March 2007 South Korean and U.S. negotiators have concluded their final round of formal talks aimed at a free trade deal. Although they say a deal is close, some of the most sensitive issues remain to be worked out in informal

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