BBC Learning English London Life The South Bank Anna:Hello, I'm Anna Jones and this is London Life. And today were looking at the cultural side of London life and one area in particular which has many cultural events on offer. Our Learning English c...
BBC Learning English London Life South African in London Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. You're listening to BBC Learning English dot com. Today: what's it like to be a foreigner living in London? Clips Lindsay Jackie: We're going to talk to Linds...
The International Organization for Migration reports hundreds of migrants lured to Iraq by promises of well-paid jobs are stranded around the airport in Baghdad. IOM says the men are living in dire straits without any means of going home. Abraham Ch...
South Africa has joined the global trend of lowering interest rates to combat the current economic slowdown. The move is an abrupt reversal for a country that has been raising interest rates for years to control inflation. The change signals that Af...
South Korean officials who usually work in North Korea have returned home as ties between the two cold war rivals worsen. Both sides are getting ready for a complete border closure the North has promised to enforce next week. VOA's Kurt Achin has mo...
South Africa's two most powerful leaders, the president and head of the ruling party, have warned the situation in Zimbabwe is dire and that urgent steps are needed to avoid a collapse in the country. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from Johannesburg,...
A two-day national convention convened by former leaders of the ruling African National Congress is under way in Johannesburg. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from the convention, it is likely to lead to a call for a formation of a new political party...
South Korea's chief diplomat says a diplomatic process aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons is at risk if Pyongyang continues on its current path. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the North's moves to resume activity at its m...
South Korea's currency and stocks have taken a beating this week following the financial crumbling of another major US financial institution. For many Koreans, the crisis appears quite similar to what they experienced 11 years ago but this time, som...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is still nowhere to be seen, more than a week after South Korean intelligence officials revealed the belief he is recovering from a stroke. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, South Korean officials are trying to...
