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N. Korean Defectors to Perform at Concert for Peace 脱北者举办音乐会祈求和平 SEOUL Pianist Kim Cheol Woong and a young violinist are preparing for a special concert. She does not want her face shown in video because, like Kim, she is a No
An event is taking place tomorrow, near the border between North and South Korea that hasn't happened in more than two years. High level representatives from the North will meet face to face with high level representatives from the South. After a pho
By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 November 2007 North and South Korea have not had regular train service across their heavily armed border in more than half a century - but that may be about to change within weeks. Prime Ministers from the two Koreas say they a
By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 October 2007 Reaction is mixed, but generally positive in South Korea, about the cooperation pact signed at the summit with North Korea. But as VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, regional experts question whether the ideas on
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
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 June 2007 South Korea is a step closer to having independent control over its military forces in war. Seoul and Washington have finalized a plan giving South Korea command over its forces in the event of a war with North Korea.
Tense Standoff Continues for 60th Year in Korean DMZ The division of North and South Korea has spanned seven decades. Neither side recognizes the other diplomatically and both claim the entire peninsula. The peninsula is divided along the 38th parall
By Paula Wolfson Sydney 07 September 2007 A team of nuclear experts from the United States, China and Russia will go to North Korea next week to survey nuclear facilities that would be disabled if Pyongyang eventually agrees to abandon its nuclear we
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
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
By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 September 2007 South Korea has announced it will include its minister of defense in an entourage traveling to North Korea for their summit meeting next month. This will be the first such defense visit since the end of the Korea
By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 November 2007 The prime ministers of North and South Korea are trying to push forward what their presidents set in motion at last month's summit. On the opening day of talks in Seoul, the two leaders vowed to start implementing
By Kurt Achin Paju, South Korea 11 December 2007 Regular cargo train service has resumed between the divided Koreas for the first time in more than half a century. South Korea plans to send tons of supplies into North Korea by rail on a daily basis.
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
By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 May 2007 On the eve of a historic advance in contacts between North and South Korea, there are indications that a major obstacle to ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs may be resolved. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Se
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 January 2007 US General Burwell Bell (File photo) The commander of the U.S. forces in South Korea says it is probably a question of when, not if, North Korea will test a second nuclear device. He also says the 28,000 U.S. mili
By Kurt Achin On Board the USS Nimitz, Sea of Japan 03 March 2008 North Korea is warning this week's large-scale military exercises between the United States and South Korea could damage diplomatic efforts to end the North's nuclear weapons programs.
By Kurt Achin Seoul 18 August 2007 North and South Korea have postponed a summit planned for later this month. North Korea asked for the delay until October because of extensive flood damage in the impoverished communist nation. VOA's Kurt Achin repo
By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 October 2009 North Korea is accusing the South of sending warships into its waters and says a clash may result. That warning comes during a week of North-South dialogue, in which Pyongyang offered a rare apology to the South f
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 envoys warn time is running out in