Park Geun-Hye delivers a speech as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) listens, during a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of ROK's Armed Forces at an air base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, Oct 1, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.