By Kurt Achin Seoul 17 December 2007 South Korea's legislature has voted to appoint an independent counsel to look into fraud allegations against front-running presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak. But, state prosecutors, who cleared Lee of formal ch...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 December 2007 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that NATO's anti-Taliban tactics in Afghanistan are not working. The newly elected leader said it is critical that security in the troubled country be stabilized....
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 17 December 2007 Discussions over the aims and timing of a new global climate change treaty have wrapped up in Bali after two weeks of often turbulent bargaining. The next step will be two years of negotiations over the new t...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 December 2007 India is emerging as a production hub for Asian car manufacturers rolling out new compact models for the global market. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that the market for small, low-priced cars is...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former South Korean prime minister says his strong conservative credentials are what his country needs in a president. Lee Hoi-chang says he would take a harder line on North Korea and return the South to values...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 December 2007 With the approach of Christmas and Muslims marking Sallah, poultry consumption in Nigeria is expected to reach an all-time high this month. As Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja, recent reports indi...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 He has been a South Korean cabinet minister, and sat across the negotiating table from North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. However, former news anchor Chung Dong-young is a distant second in polls ahead of Wednesday'...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 December 2007 An Israeli delegation is making an unscheduled visit to the United States amid disagreements over the recent American intelligence report on Iran. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the v...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former Seoul mayor who bills himself as a pro-business conservative is expected to become South Korea's next president by an overwhelming margin when voters go to the polls on Wednesday. As VOA's Kurt Achin repo...
By Delia Robertson Polokwane 16 December 2007 South Africa's ruling African National Congress has opened a national conference that could decide who becomes the country's next president. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from the meeting in Polokwane, th...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 16 December 2007 Turkish jets have launched airstrikes against Kurdish rebels bases in northern Iraq. According to Iraqi authorities one civilian was killed and several others were injured. Kurdish rebels say Turkish air and...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 16 December 2007 The political parties in Nepal's fragile governing coalition and the former rebel Maoists have tentatively agreed to hold elections by mid-April. The polling has twice been delayed by the Maoists demands for...
By Deborah Block Baghdad 16 December 2007 Britain has transferred security responsibilities for Iraq's Basra Province to Iraqi forces. This marks a major step in the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq. Meanwhile, Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Aym...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 16 December 2007 Russia's top general has sharply criticized U.S. plans for an anti-ballistic missile shield in Europe and accused the West of using the arms control system as a political tool. He warned that Russia could lau...
By Selah Hennessy Goma 15 December 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He told reporters the conflict situation in Congo needs a political ra...
