STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember with Shirley Griffith. This week, come along to one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the United States -- Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War began at i...
This is the VOA Special English DEVELOPMENT REPORT. Sunday, October tenth, is World Mental Health Day. This year's observance centers on the relationship between mental health and chronic physical conditions like diabetes and cancer. The World Health...
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. SARAH LONG: And Im Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about music writer and performer Roger Miller. (MUSIC) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: The name of that song is Dang Me. It w...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Little is known inside or outside North Korea about the young man who could become the next leader. Kim Jong Un studied in Switzerland but even his age is a mystery. He is around twenty-seven, the youngest...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today, we report on this years MacArthur Fellowship winners ... Answer a question about a huge and beautiful park in the nations capital ... And play music from...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. They are not even five millimeters long and cannot fly or jump. Yet bedbugs strike fear in homeowners and business owners. Well, not all business owners. Some see money in these little bloodsuckers. M...
