英闻天下——491 North Korea to Pull out Workers from Kaesong

The Chinese government is calling on North Korea to ensure the safety of Chinese diplomats in Pyongyang. The comments come after the North Korean government announced plans to suspend all operations at its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Kor

2007年VOA标准英语-North Korean Workers Get a Raise - From South K

By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 August 2007 South Korean authorities have agreed to raise wages at a North-South joint venture in North Korea for the first time since the experimental zone was opened three years ago. The Kaesong venture is hailed in South Kor

VOA常速英语2007年-North, South Korean Joint Sea Zone Proposal Sta

By Kurt Achin Panmunjom 14 December 2007 North and South Korean generals have failed to agree on the specifics of a proposal for cooperation between the two rivals. The latest round of high-level military talks has ended with no progress on creating

VOA慢速英语2015 朝鲜划设禁航区 引发导弹测试担忧

AS IT IS 2015-11-20 North Korea's 'No-Sail Zone' Raises Missile Concerns 朝鲜划设禁航区 引发导弹测试担忧 North Korea has declared a no-sail zone off its eastern coast and raised concerns that it will carry out a missile test. 朝鲜已经

VOA标准英语2009-North Korea Cancels Contracts at Joint Industria

An industrial venture once celebrated as a symbol of reconciliation between the two Koreas may be endangered by a sharpening dispute between the two sides. North Korea is essentially tearing up the agreements that make the zone run. North Korea's of

中国备战2022年冬奥会

After hosting the Summer Olympics in 2008, China is fully prepared for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, and ready to make it a success. Wang Hui, deputy secretary general at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bidding Committee, believes winning the

VOA标准英语2008年-Russia to Withdraw Troops From Buffer Zone in G

Russia has agreed to withdraw its troops from controversial buffer zones it had set up around Georgia's breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the announcement by the Russian president was

三个中美洲国家决定开发丰塞卡湾

MANAGUA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The presidents of three Central American nations -- Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador -- agreed Wednesday to create a tri-national development zone in the Gulf of Fonseca, which all of the three share. In an official decl

斯里兰卡政府将与中国在H'tota建立新城市

The government is to set up a new city in the proposed China-Sri Lanka Industrial Zone in the Hambantota district it is learnt. 据悉，政府将在汉班托塔地区规划中的中国-斯里兰卡工业园建一座新城。 Chinese Ambassador Yi Xi

War clouds hover over Tripoli

TRIPOLI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- War clouds are gathering over here as Western forces have started launched air strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces after a no-fly zone is imposed on Libya. At around 02:30 a.m. local time (00:30 GMT) o

拜登在压力之下平息紧张局势

拜登在压力之下平息紧张局势 US vice-president faces difficult task of pacifying Tokyo while openly communicating with Beijing US Vice-President Joe Biden arrived in Tokyo late on Monday for the first leg of a tour of East Asia that will l

S&P puts 15 euro zone nations on negative watch

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Standard and Poor's put 15 eurozone nations, including the area's six AAA rated countries, on CreditWatch negative on Monday due to deepening economic and political turmoil in the region, meaning there is 50 percent chanc

朝鲜提议韩朝举行工作会谈

Pyongyang, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday proposed holding working-level contacts with South Korea in Kaesong on Sunday, the official KCNA news agency reported. The proposal announced by a spokesman of t

VOA标准英语2009年-North Korea Fires Short Range Missiles as

A third round of talks over an embattled joint industrial zone between North and South Korea has produced no progress. The North apparently launched several short range missiles into the ocean even as South Korean delegates were making their journey

VOA双语新闻：南北韩工业园区谈判平壤要求加薪

North Korea has presented South Korea with sharply elevated rent and wage demands for running a joint industrial facility just inside the North Korean border. At the same time, Pyongyang is refusing to release a detained executive it has held with no

VOA双语新闻：南北韩下周讨论联合工业园区问题

North and South Korea have arranged a meeting next week to discuss operations at a troubled joint industrial zone. South Korea is expected to use the meeting to press for the release of a South Korean manager of the zone who has been detained by the

VOA双语新闻：南北韩紧张关系威胁开城工业园区

An industrial venture once celebrated as a symbol of reconciliation between the two Koreas may be endangered by a sharpening dispute between the two sides. North Korea is essentially tearing up the agreements that make the zone run. 南北韩之间激烈

经济学人:欧元区改革: 中肯的提议(1)

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, likes to compare the euro zone to a house in need of repair. 欧洲委员会主席让-克洛德容克喜欢将欧元区比作一幢需要修补的房子。 Fix the roof, he counsels, whil

韩国朝鲜签署协议

SEOUL - Republic of Korea and the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea officially signed an agreement on forming a joint committee to run the Kaesong industrial complex, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Thursday. Under the agreement, Seoul and Pyo

2018年CRI Locals hail plans for Hainan pilot free trade zone

People from all walks of life in south China's Hainan Province say they're inspired by the decisions to transform the island province into China's largest pilot free trade zone, and vow to make further contributions to the tropical island's developme