South Korea pledged Thursday to make various contributions to international efforts to curb violent extremism as a top diplomat of the country attended an international conference hosted by the White House to move such efforts forward.
Second Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said no country is immune from violent extremism, citing the case of a South Korean teenager who is believed to have crossed the border from Turkey into Syria voluntarily to join the militant group Islamic State, the ministry said in a statement.