By Kurt Achin Seoul 31 March 2008 South Korea is opting for a low public policy profile amid escalating tensions with North Korea. Seoul officials kept quiet, a day after Pyongyang threatened to turn the South into ashes. VOA's Kurt Achin reports fro

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

By Kurt Achin Seoul 01 October 2007 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday made a historic walk across the heavily-fortified border with North Korea to attend a summit with Kim Jong Il. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, few details are kn

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 June 2008 South Korea says it is willing to send tens of thousands of tons of immediate food aid to impoverished North Korea. The aid would fulfill a deal made during the previous South Korean administration, but may not ease

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

South Korea's currency and stocks have taken a beating this week following the financial crumbling of another major US financial institution. For many Koreans, the crisis appears quite similar to what they experienced 11 years ago but this time, som

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 August 2007 A team of U.S. lawmakers visiting South Korea says a major free-trade deal signed several months ago may have to wait until next year for passage. Other pressing business before the U.S. Congress, and some unsettled

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 18 April 2008 South Korean officials have publicly announced details of a deal to resume imports of United States beef. South Korea cited health concerns when it banned U.S. beef five years ago. The issue has been a major source o

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 September 2007 South Korea is hosting a tournament of the world's best teenage football teams. The Under 17 World Cup is a chance for global sports fans to catch a glimpse of the Beckhams and Ronaldos of the future in a make-or

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 25 February 2008 The former Seoul mayor who swept December elections in South Korea is getting used to his new title: Mr. President. Lee Myung-bak has taken his oath of office in a formal ceremony in the South Korean capital. VOA

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 24 April 2008 The United States and South Korea are each gearing up for a crucial vote to ratify a major trade liberalization deal. In South Korea, opponents of the pact are trying to block a separate compromise to open up the cou

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 April 2008 South Korean officials have issued their first formal response to recent moves by North Korea, labeling some of the North's recent statements inappropriate. The exchange comes as high-level American and South Korean

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 August 2007 South Korea says two hostages freed by Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan are now under South Korean protection. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, where authorities still face the problem of getting 19 other capti

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 08 April 2008 South Koreans are celebrating the launch of their country's first space traveler. Yi So-yeon has become the first South Korean woman to blast into orbit on her way to a research mission on the International Space Sta

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South Korea has held funerals for the two marines(海军陆战队员) killed when North Korea fired artillery shells at the South's Yeonpyeong island earlier this week. It comes as the US calls on China to do more to increase its pressure on Pyongyan

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 March 2008 South Korean officials says they are replacing the male astronaut they intended to send on a space voyage with a woman. The shift in plans, coming just weeks before the scheduled launch, is due to an apparent violati

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 August 2007 South Korea's top official in charge of North Korea policy says a planned summit will boost multinational efforts to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul. Lee Jae-joung, ce

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Since the 1950's, South Korea has sent more than 150,000 orphaned children to live with Western families. That is in part due to a prejudice that many Koreans have against taking in children who are not their own. But a growing number of advocates a

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South Korea is welcoming a compromise between the United States and North Korea on inspecting the North's nuclear facilities. The deal removes North Korea from a U.S. list of suspected terrorism sponsors. As Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, S

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It will be Li's first visit to South Korea as premier and the first visit to South Korea by a Chinese premier in five years. The premier will attend the sixth Trilateral Summit Meeting on the sidelines of his visit from Saturday to Monday. Vice Forei

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South Korea is taking the lead in creating a prospective pool of money with its cash-rich neighbors to prevent the worst effects of the American economic situation from spilling over in the region. Meanwhile, top financial officials are telling Sout

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South Korea is in mourning for former President Kim Dae-jung, whose burial(葬礼) is on Sunday. His personal courage in standing up to the military government in South Korea made him a symbol of universal human rights. William Horsley came to know Mr

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