It would be a rare-face-to-face encounter between diplomats of the two countries, which have not had formal relations in 30 years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Kashmir is split between the two countries, which have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The two former presidents have started the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, which is accepting donations online.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

So we have the eagle that represents freedom,". "We have the two P-51 aircraft, which is the aircraft the men flew later on in the war.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

The two countries, which have no diplomatic relations, have traded retaliatory warnings this week.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

It is also the stronghold of the red-shirt movement, which has brought downtown Bangkok to a halt in two months of protests that have seen repeatedly turned violent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

They don't print books. I have had this experience - a publisher received paper on which to print my work two years ago, but hasn't printed it yet."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

While President Obama is promising an end to government bailouts, he says those which have occurred over the past two years have helped prevent millions of people from losing their jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.04.24

Most of the films are now released at multiplex cinemas, which have boomed in recent years, and account for more than two-thirds of the ticket revenue generated by the movie industry.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

"This is a document that puts us on an equal footing and puts obligations on the two of us, which forces us to have an election that satisfies the criteria for democracy,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

The visit is gesture of support to the Pakistani government, which has been under intense American pressure to defeat Islamic extremists who have dramatically increased their attacks across Pakistan in the past two years.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

Pyongyang says a resumption of the propaganda campaign will also compel it to totally shut down the Kaesong industrial complex, where more than 100 South Korean firms employ about The two countries have no diplomatic relations and technically remain at war following a 1953 truce which ended the three-year Korean War.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26