By Kurt Achin Geumsan, South Korea 01 October 2007 Have you heard about the health benefits of ginseng? It is pretty likely you have, as marketers in both the East and the West have long promoted the root's healthful properties to build athletic str

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 22 July 2007 South Korean man reads a newspaper reporting South Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan in downtown Seoul, 22 Jul 2007 Afghan military officials say national and foreign forces have launched a major operation to fr

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 He has been a South Korean cabinet minister, and sat across the negotiating table from North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. However, former news anchor Chung Dong-young is a distant second in polls ahead of Wednesday'

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 May 2008 Various international agencies and advocacy groups say North Korea is close to its worst food crisis in a decade. However, political changes on the Korean peninsula have complicated South Korea's ability to come to the

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For South Korean Youth, an Education Crossroads Students in Sudo Electric Technical High Schools workshop weld rods together while others hammer metal plates. In a country that wins praise for its education system - U.S. President Barack Obama freque

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 October 2007 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun strolled across the heavily militarized border with North Korea and later received an unscheduled greeting from the North's leader Kim Jong Il. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from S

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 April 2008 South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has departed South Korea for a week of summit diplomacy aimed at turning a new page in ties with Japan and the United States. Lee administration officials say the president is par

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By Meredith Buel Washington 18 September 2007 Former South Korean President Kim says he believes the efforts to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program will be successful and diplomatic ties will eventually be established between

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 22 November 2007 South Korea says it is about to start sending freight trains loaded with cargo on daily round trips into North Korea - the first regular North-South train traffic between the two Cold War enemies. VOA's Kurt Achin

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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

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 December 2007 South Korean officials are confirming an election result that has been expected for weeks. Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak has apparently won the presidency by about half of the popular vote. VOA's Kurt Achin rep

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A South Korean lawmaker says the country's intelligence service has testified that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is recovering from a stroke. North Korean officials say Kim Jong Il is just fine, and reject a proliferation of media reports that hav

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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

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 January 2008 The newly elected South Korean president says he will create a multi-billion dollar fund to help North Korea once he takes office. But, Pyongyang would only get that help if it gives up its nuclear weapons programs

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former Seoul mayor who bills himself as a pro-business conservative is expected to become South Korea's next president by an overwhelming margin when voters go to the polls on Wednesday. As VOA's Kurt Achin repo

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 December 2007 North and South Korean generals scuffled briefly on the second day of high-level military talks at the two countries' border. Tension at the talks is fueled by a decades-old dispute over an international demarcati

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 June 2008 United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates has reaffirmed that Washington's military commitment to South Korea will remain strong, well after the South makes a key move toward autonomy in its command structure. VOA

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As speculation continues over the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, there are new signs the North is advancing its decades-old ballistic missile program. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul. Private sector intelligence analysts have made pu

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Vettel wins South Korean Grand Prix SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the South Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam on Sunday to leapfrog Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in the Formula One championship driver's standings. Vettel's 25th ca

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SEOUL, March 15 (Xinhua) -- South Korean(韩国) movie and music stars, who enjoy wide popularity in Japan, rally to help victims of Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Actor and singer Kim Hyun-joong, who rose to stardom in Japan a

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