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...
IN THE NEWS - Tensions High on Korean Peninsula 新闻报道 - 朝鲜半岛局势紧张 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 North Korea is urging foreign embassies to consider telling their...
Korean American Deli Owner Is A Calligrapher Kwon Myoung-Won tends to customers at the counter while his wife So-Young makes the sandwiches. They've been working together for 20 years in this store that sells beer and wine along with specialty sandwi...
'Gangnam Style' Boosts S. Korean Tourism Alexis Martinez, 14, is in a tour group that is learning the dance made famous by South Korean musician Psy in his video Gangnam Style. Martinez says even back home in Texas the song is a big hit. It was basic...
Vettel wins South Korean Grand Prix SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the South Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam on Sunday to leapfrog Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in the Formula One championship driver's standings. Vettel's 25th ca...
N. Korean Film Screened at S. Korean Festival The festival is Asia's largest and features movies from across the continent and beyond. This year that included a film from North Korea. Comrade Kim Goes Flying is a romantic comedy about a young coal mi...
Korean Surveillance School Trains Citizen Snoops Ji Soo-hyun leads a double life. Three-months ago, the housewife began a career catching lawbreakers red handed. Ji, 54, says her specialty is going undercover at private tutoring schools. I pretend th...
Korean Artist Explores Infinity at Guggenheim One of America's most prestigious museums of modern and contemporary art is showcasing the work of Korean artist Lee Ufan. Born in Korea, the 75-year-old has lived and taught in Japan, where he enjoys the...
Koreans Ecstatic Pyeongchang Will Host 2018 Winter Olympics The South Korean resort of Pyeongchang has been selected to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. It took only one round of voting in Durban, South Africa, for Pyeongchang to defeat Munich, Germany...
By Michael Drudge A leading British defense publication says North Korea is developing new ballistic missile systems that could threaten the continental United States. The findings are published in th...
