S. Korea welcomes South Sudan's admission to U.N.

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday hailed the admission of South Sudan as a member of the United Nations, pledging active support for the new African country's task of nation-building.
South Sudan, which officially declared its independence last Saturday, became the U.N.'s 193rd member by the General Assembly's vote in New York on Thursday.
"The government welcomes South Sudan's admission as the 193rd member of the U.N.," Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Byung-jae said in a statement.
"Along with the international community, our government will actively support efforts by South Sudan to build a nation," Cho said.
South Sudan's independence came six months after its people voted unanimously to create a new country, following some 50 years of war with their former civil war enemies in the North.
Still, South Sudan is facing several issues to be resolved with the North, including how to draw borders and share profits from their oil output between the two nations.
South Korea established formal diplomatic relations with South Sudan last Saturday.