South Korea will expand cooperation with China and the United States to achieve a goal of the Korean Peninsula denuclearization, the Foreign Ministry said Monday in its annual report to President Park Geun-hye.
South Korea on Wednesday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) once again to respond to its dialogue offer, saying the government will deliver voices of concern to civic groups about their plans to scatter anti-DPRK leaflets.
With South African industries and schools reopening this week after a festive season break, the country braces for renewed power outages.
South Korea refuted the call from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday to stop anti-DPRK leaflet spread and joint military exercises with the United States.
A new supply ship set sail Monday from Hainan Island for Sansha City on its maiden voyage to islands in the vast South China Sea.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who kicked off a second term Thursday, vowed that restoring economic growth will be a priority of her new administration.
South Korea's rival political parties on Thursday hailed the New Year's address made by Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), who said there is no reason not to hold the "highest-level" inter- Korean talks.
There is an old South Korean idiom often cited in year-end parties: "Sending the year with many affairs and many hardships" to welcome a happy new year. This year, South Koreans have to send the year with more affairs than ever that came from all directions on land, at sea and in the air.
A Chinese spokesman called for joint efforts to implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) to safeguard peace and stability.
South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged people to keep Nelson Mandela's legacy alive while paying tribute to Mandela who died this month one year ago, calling for continued efforts in building a society where peace, tolerance, justice and human rights are upheld.
South Korea's unification ministry said Monday that it has allowed an opposition party lawmaker to visit the DPRK to deliver a wreath commemorating the third anniversary of the death of late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il, father of current leader Kim Jong Un.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday called for a more liberalized free trade pact with Southeast Asian nations to expand business opportunities between the two sides.
China has dismissed Vietnam's sovereignty claim for the Nansha and Xisha islands in the South China Sea, saying it is "illegal and invalid" and "China will never accept such claim."
China has made great efforts in enhancing the South-South cooperation which has injected new vitality into cooperation of this kind, a senior UN official said.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday launched a special summit with 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the country's southeastern city of Busan.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o- cha on Wednesday left for Busan, South Korea, to attend the ASEAN- South Korea Commemorative Summit 2014 to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen flew to South Korea on Wednesday for an ASEAN-South Korea Summit and an official visit, a senior official said.
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