By Kurt Achin Seoul 31 December 2007 The United States and Japan are expressing regret that North Korea is breaking a key promise aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs. 2007 is coming to an end with no declaration from North Korea listing its...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 26 December 2007 The office of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun says he will not prevent an independent counsel investigation of the man elected to replace him next year. Experts say the probe into possible fraud by president-e...
By David Gollust State Department 21 December 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a year-end news conference Friday, left open the prospect of better relations with U.S. adversaries North Korea, Iran and Syria before the end of the Bush admi...
By Meredith Buel Washington 19 December 2007 A surprising U.S. intelligence report on Iran's nuclear ambitions, a decision by North Korea to dismantle its weapons program and concern over stability in Pakistan were all major news stories during 2007...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 18 December 2007 South Koreans are just hours away from heading to the polls to elect a president. It is not the most suspenseful of votes - the conservative front-runner has been assumed to be the easy winner for weeks. However,...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 December 2007 The senior U.S. delegate to multinational talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear capabilities says more discussions are needed before North Korea produces a formal declaration of its nuclear programs. VO...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 December 2007 South Korea is calling for flexibility in the amount and type of information North Korea is due to release about its nuclear programs. Six-nation talks on the North's programs are unlikely to reconvene as expected...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 November 2007 Advocacy groups are criticizing South Korea for abstaining from a United Nations resolution that expressed concern over human rights abuses in North Korea. The South's decision to abstain comes a year after Seoul...
By Kurt Achin Seoul, South Korea 19 November 2007 From the classroom to the car garage, broadband technologies are reshaping life for South Koreans. VOA Correspondent Kurt Achin in Seoul takes a look at wired South Korea. In an experimental South Kor...
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...