A Race Against Time to Get Help to Haitians U.N. makes an emergency appeal for earthquake victims. But the damage in Port-au-Prince has slowed efforts to distribute aid and reach the trapped and untreated. Transcript of radio broadcast: 15 January 2010 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Food. Water. Medicine. Hope. All that and more is urgently needed after a powerful earthquake wrecked..
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978: A Public Face of Anthropology Many consider her the most influential social science researcher of the 20th century. Yet some experts say her research depended too much on observation and local stories. Transcript of radio broadcast: 17 January 2010 VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Margaret MeadAnd I'm Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English...
New Vaccine Joins Campaign to End Polio New formulation, first used in Afghanistan in December, targets two types of virus in one dose. Transcript of radio broadcast: 17 January 2010 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An Afghan girl receives a dose of polio vaccineThe World Health Organization has begun to use a new vaccine against polio. Officials say it will become a major too..
Major tourist sites' New Year's holiday hours Date: December 31, 2009 Source: Korea Tourism Organization In Korea, national observances and major holidays are based on the lunar calendar, which means that on New Year's Day, few places close. If a business does close, most businesses only take off Jan 1st and resume their standard operating hours the very next day. Holiday hours for many of the m..
Colorful art exhibitions for Christmas Date: December 24, 2009 It's Christmas time, and doesn't everybody know it. The Seoul city government is hosting the Seoul Light Festival at the heart of Gwanghwamun Plaza. The city's subway corporation has installed 116 Christmas trees at every station from lines one to four. The city of Daejeon has Christmas buses roaming through the end of the month, spo..
White tiger to roar loud and proud in 2010 Date: January 01, 2010 White tiger at Ever Land Amusement Park2010 is the Year of the Tiger under the Chinese zodiac calendar. Koreans probably revere, fear and love the feline probably more than any other country. In olden times, the tiger in Korea represented a bountiful life and hope, giving strength when people were down and preventing bad spirits f..