All posts tagged "UN"

  • United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the 3rd World Forum of Economic Development in Turin, Friday, Oct 16, 2015 (AP Photo/ Massimo Pinca)
    Ban Ki-moon marks World Food Day at Expo 2015 world’s fair

    MILAN (AP) — Calling hunger “a terrible injustice,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday marked World Food Day with a visit to the Milan Expo World’s Fair, which is focused on food security and nutrition. Bidding to...

    • Posted October 16, 2015
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  • United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, meets North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
    Ban meets NKorean FM, expresses hope for further dialogue between Koreas

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed hope for more dialogue and exchanges between South and North Korea when he met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong on Thursday, Ban’s office said. Ban also welcomed...

    • Posted October 1, 2015
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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at the U.N. headquarters. During the meeting, Kerry delivered remarks encouraging the international community to end the conflict in Syria. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
    Russia urges coordinated terrorism fight as airstrikes begin

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia followed its launch of airstrikes in Syria with a call on Wednesday for the world to unite in the fight against terrorist groups, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told foreign ministers of...

    • Posted September 30, 2015
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  • In this file photo dated Feb. 20, 2014, South Korean resident Kim Sung-yun, 95, relishes being reunited with her younger sister from North Korea, Kim Suk-ryeo, 79, during the reunions of separated families at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's east coast. South and North Korea agreed on Sept. 8, 2015, to hold another round of reunions of families, separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, at the resort on Oct. 20-26. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea denounces Park’s UN speech, says family reunions at stake

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday indicated it may cancel the upcoming reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War if South Korean authorities keep making “reckless” efforts to stop the North from conducting a...

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, talks with South Korea president Park Geun-hye during a conference on A New Rural Development Paradigm and the Inclusive Sustainable New Communities Model, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
    S. Korea to donate US$200 million in aid to poor countries

    By Kim Kwang-tae NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye announced Saturday that South Korea will donate US$200 million in aid to poor countries as part of Seoul’s efforts to boost contributions to sustainable development....

    • Posted September 26, 2015
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  • President Park Geun-hye gets out of the plane and walks down the stairs. (Yonhap)
    Park arrives in New York for UN General Assembly

    By Kim Kwang-tae NEW YORK (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye arrived in New York Friday for the U.N. General Assembly designed to tackle challenges facing the world as she warned North Korea against nuclear or missile tests....

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • North Korea Rocket
    UN to take swift action against N. Korean rocket

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The U.N. Security Council will be quick in taking punitive steps against North Korea in case it launches a long-range rocket, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday. He cited “close coordination” among key...

    • Posted September 23, 2015
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