Sudan on Monday reiterated its supportive stance to South Sudan's stability and resolution to the armed conflict there through dialogue, noting that war would lead to uncalculated consequences, said Sudanese foreign minister.
The United States and South Korea pledged Monday to maintain a robust combined defense as a deterrent against "provocations" from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Pentagon said.
The White House said on Tuesday that it welcomed an agreement to peace talks by South Sudan government and rebel leader to end weeks of bloody conflict in the world's youngest country.
South Korea needs to make more active response to the reconciliatory gesture of Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a South Korean expert said Thursday.
The UN spokesperson's office said on Thursday that aid organizations need a financing of 166 million U.S. dollars now to save lives amid continuing violence in South Sudan.
South Korea is not currently mulling the dispatch of additional troops to South Sudan where a crisis of civil war is escalating, Seoul's Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
The United States on Sunday evacuated its citizens from Bor, the capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state engulfed in armed conflicts, after a failed attempt a day earlier.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said Thursday that he was "deeply concerned about continued reports of growing violence in many parts of South Sudan, human rights abuses and killings fueled by ethnic tensions."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said Thursday at a UN memorial that the former South African President Nelson Mandela bestowed "the heritage of hope" to everyone.
South Korea's economic and finance policymakers on Thursday voiced concerns over short-term volatility in the local financial market after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to reduce its monetary stimulus program modestly.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the leaders of the South Sudanese army to "exercise maximum restraint in the use of force" after the outbreak of fighting between soldiers in Juba on Sunday night.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is feared to conduct provocations against South Korea in early 2014, Seoul said Tuesday, noting that internal disorder within the DPRK can be escalated following the execution of Jang Song-Thaek, uncle of leader Kim Jong Un.
The anti-apartheid icon Mandela's statue will be erected at the Presidency next week, the South African government announced on Thursday.
World leaders and tens of thousands of South Africans on Tuesday gathered in rain at a stadium in South Africa's Johannesburg to honor former South African President Nelson Mandela.
Speaking at the memorial service held in FNB stadium in Johannesburg, the special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping said Mr. Mandela was the pride of the African people.
"They were both very strong leaders who fought for the liberation of their people, and who also contributed to laying the foundation for further development in society," Langa said at the South African Embassy in northeastern Beijing.
South Korea and the United States began the ninth round of senior-level talks to reach a final conclusion on how to share costs for the U.S. 28,500 troops stationed here, local media reported Tuesday.
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