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Tuesday, 12 June 2018


VOA INTERVIEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP: North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is a great personality, funny, smart, and a great negotiator who loves his people, according to President Trump, who spoke to VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren after summit talks with Kim in Singapore. Trump tells VOA this is the start of ‘an amazing deal’ that includes denuking North Korea.

On This Day in American History

On June 12, 1776, Virginia’s fifth Revolutionary Convention adopts George Mason’s declaration of rights, giving men the equal right to life, liberty and property. The declaration does not apply to women or enslaved people. Virginia’s Declaration of Rights later becomes the basis for the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. (Photo: Virginia Capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia, where the Fourth and Fifth Virginia Conventions met.)

US military drills with South Korea will be suspended. The unexpected announcement came after the historic encounter between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un ended in Singapore Tuesday. VOA’s team in Seoul spoke with everyday South Koreans who have mixed feelings about the outcome of the summit, while world leaders are mostly voicing approval of the Trump-Kim agreement, which has produced high hopes but few details.

VIDEO: Beer blast. You don’t have to go to a museum or art gallery to enjoy Mike Van Hall’s work. Just pop by a grocery store and walk down the beer isle. Van Hall is a US artist and beer cans are his canvas.


The US won’t be at the World Cup but the state of soccer in America is stronger than ever, according to the US Soccer Federation. A recent survey shows professional soccer is as popular as American baseball — once considered America’s favorite pastime — among US teens. Here’s what the US Soccer Federation believes was the turning point for soccer in America.

VIDEO: When some Kashmir women wanted to improve their lives, they didn’t sit around waiting for someone to give them a job. Separatist turmoil in Indian-administered Kashmir has resulted in violence and closures, driving many Kashmir families into poverty. The group of young enterprising women took matters into their own hands by opening an online store.

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