As U.S. President Barack Obama is set to visit South Africa next month, a South African delegation left for the U.S. on Wednesday to seek more investment.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday threatened to stop South Sudan's oil exportation through Sudan's pipelines if Juba continued supporting the rebels of the Revolutionary Front in South Kordofan.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned Tuesday that it would "mercilessly avenge" any breach of its territorial sovereignty by South Korea or the United States during their ongoing anti-submarine drills in the Yellow Sea.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday allowed all but seven South Koreans to return home from the Kaesong joint industrial park, local media reported.
South Korea and China reaffirmed their push for the bilateral free trade deal in the fifth round of talks held in China last week, the South Korean trade ministry said Monday.
Australia's New South Wales is the state with the best chance of a strong economic recovery in 2013, according to CommSec's State of the States report released on Monday.
The United States and South Korea on Thursday reaffirmed their strong alliance hours after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) listed conditions for resuming talks with the two countries.
South Asia is regaining its economic momentum, but the recovery in the region with the largest number of poor people could falter in the absence of a stronger investment climate, said the latest South Asia Economic Focus report of the World Bank.
The powerful defense commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday urged Washington and Seoul to stop provocations, part of conditions laid out by Pyongyang for restoring talks amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The White House said Tuesday that Pyongyang's latest call for foreigners to leave South Korea will only escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Sri Lanka's government has reassured families of over 26,000 migrant workers in South Korea of their safety as a tense situation prevails in the region, an official said here on Wednesday.
Beijing says it opposes any action that would aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, after Pyongyang told all foreigners to leave South Korea.
Risks related to recent threats by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will have a limited impact on the South Korean economy.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) must take all responsibilities for the consequences from the closure of the joint industrial park at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, the unification ministry said Monday.
South Korean unification minister said Friday that the Seoul government is not mulling the withdrawal of all workers from the joint industrial complex at Kaesong, the border town of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday spoke by phone with his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-jin to discuss the heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, the Pentagon said.
The fifth BRICS summit opened in Durban, South Africa, Tuesday night with President Jacob Zuma hosting a banquet for his counterparts of the five-member grouping and African heads of state and government at the special invitation.
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