VOA常速英语2007-South Korea's Roh Makes Historic Border Crossing

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

VOA慢速英语2011-IN THE NEWS - South Sudan Decides its Fut

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Sunday, the people of southern Sudan begin deciding whether or not to become the world's newest nation. A week of voting is expected to split Africa's largest country in two. (SOUND) Friday was the final

2006年VOA标准英语-Support for Hezbollah Increasing Among South Le

By Challiss McDonough Tyre 28 July 2006 As Israel's military offensive in Lebanon continues for a third week, the death toll on both sides of the border is climbing. There has been intense fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli troops, and Israeli a

VOA标准英语2012--Ethiopia Awaits Influx of Refugees from Sudan and South Sudan

Ethiopia Awaits Influx of Refugees from Sudan and South Sudan Humanitarian agencies are preparing for an influx of refugees into Ethiopia from both Sudan and South Sudan. Civilians, mostly women and children, are fleeing fighting and violence in bord

VOA标准英语2010-Zimbabweans Travel to South Africa Despit

Many Zimbabweans living and working in neighboring South Africa travel home during the holiday period, causing massive bottlenecks at the main overland border post. Despite the delays and the cost, they prefer to return to South Africa after only a f

VOA标准英语 Coalition Shifts Afghan Focus to South

One of the top American military commanders in Afghanistan said progress in the eastern part of the country is strong, but more effort is needed in the south, where Taliban forces have fought Afghan and coalition troops to what he calls a stalemate.

VOA标准英语2011--Refugee Crisis in South Sudan

Refugee Crisis in South Sudan The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a refugee crisis in South Sudans Upper Nile State. It says 60 thousand people have fled fighting just across the border in Sudan. The group, also known as MSF, s

VOA标准英语2009年-Cross-Border Trade Thrives Amidst Zimbabwe Cris

The Zimbabwean economy is reeling under an economic disaster characterized by hyper-inflation, 80 percent unemployment and shortages of food, fuel and other basic goods. But despite the virtual collapse of the formal economy, business is booming in

VOA标准英语2009年-North Korea Reopens Border to South

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

美国国家公共电台 NPR Border Patrol Shooting Death Of Immigrant Woman Raises Tensions In South Texas

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The FBI and Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting in South Texas. On Wednesday, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman after she and a group of unauthorized immigrants attacked the agents with what were described as b

英闻天下——390 Sudan and South Sudan Agree New Oil Deal

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed on a new deal which will see oil production resuming after more than a year. Under the new agreement, which was reached in Ethiopia, production will resume in the South from the 24th of March. The South separated fro

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Defense Minister to Make Historic

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

VOA常速英语2008年-South Korean Sled Dogs Race in North

By Kurt Achin Mount Kumgang, North Korea 18 February 2008 You may remember the ping-pong diplomacy between the United States and China back in the 1970s. Now, some South Korean athletes say they have introduced dog sled diplomacy to North Korea, as p

CCTV9英语新闻：DPRK conducts artillery-firing drill near disputed sea border with S.Korea

SEOUL, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted an artillery-firing drill, as it warned, on Wednesday night near the disputed maritime border with South Korea. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff was quoted by loc

CCTV9英语新闻：Differences can be resolved on the South China Sea issue

Beijing says it is confident that China and Vietnam will be able to resolve their differences on the South China Sea issue, just like they have resolved land-border issues in the past. China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying made the rema

North, South Sudanese Envoys Start Abyei Talks

Representatives(代表) from north and south Sudan are meeting Saturday to discuss the disputed Abyei region that was seized by northern forces a week ago. South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar traveled to Khartoum Saturday in an effort to lower ten

2006年VOA标准英语-Protesters Block Swazi-South Africa Border

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 12 April 2006 South African labor unions and other organizations are forcing a slowdown in cross-border traffic at three of the country's five border posts with Swazila

VOA标准英语2009年-North, South Korea Normalize Cross-Border

South and North Korea have resumed traffic across their tense border to a jointly run industrial zone, renewing hopes for the project's viability. The move reflects a thaw in tensions after recent diplomatic moves between the two Koreas. South Korea

韩国朝鲜举行高级别对话

SEOULNorth and South Korean officials met into the early hours of Sunday in an urgent bid to avert war on the peninsula before adjourning their marathon talks until Sunday afternoon. The high-level meeting began Saturday at the Panmunjom truce villag

Sudan Approves Oil Deal with South Sudan

Sudan Approves Oil Deal with South Sudan Sudan's parliament has voted to approve an agreement with South Sudan designed to end hostilities and restart southern oil exports through the north. The vote Wednesday comes a day after South Sudan's parliame