China has accused the United States of "stoking military confrontation" with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines.
The presence of the (...)
Global oil and gold prices jumped and shares fell after US officials said an Israeli missile had struck Iran.
After initial sharp moves in Asia on Friday, the market reaction eased with Brent crude oil trading around 1.7% higher, to sit above $88 a (...)
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade after Iran's reprisal attack on Israel over the weekend.
Brent crude — a key benchmark for oil prices internationally — was lower but still trading close to $90 a barrel on Monday morning.
Prices had already (...)
South Koreans are voting for a new parliament, in what is widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration.
Yoon still has three years left in office but his People Power Party (PPP) has struggled to achieve its agenda (...)
Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the (...)
Spiraling geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a "historic turning point" and are forcing Japan to change its defense posture, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told CNN Sunday ahead of a closely watched summit with US President Joe (...)
LONDON — An "alliance of authoritarian powers" is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of NATO has warned.
Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC that Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned.
He also said (...)
North Korea test-fired a presumed intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, its latest military maneuver since leader Kim Jong Un's New Year declaration that he was ending a policy seeking reconciliation with the (...)
A K-pop star who had to issue a grovelling apology to fans for having a boyfriend is single again.
Karina and actor Lee Jae-wook rocked the K-pop world when they went public with their relationship in February, with some angry fans accusing her of (...)
Scientists in South Korea have announced a new world record for the length of time they sustained temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius — seven times hotter than the sun's core — during a nuclear fusion experiment, in what they say is an (...)
Russia has shut down a panel of UN experts that have for years monitored sanctions against North Korea.
The panel last week said it was probing reports that Russia violated rules by buying North Korean weapons like ballistic missiles for use in (...)
The longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been fired after being accused by Ohtani's attorneys of "massive theft" that the attorneys allege is tied to gambling, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Ohtani's (...)
India is taking another step in its quest to find valuable minerals hidden in the depths of the ocean which could hold the key to a cleaner future.
The country, which already has two deep-sea exploration licenses in the Indian Ocean, has applied for (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has assured the Philippines, a key Washington ally, of US support amid heightened tensions with China.
He reiterated America's "ironclad" security commitments to the Philippines during a visit to Manila on (...)
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Monday, Seoul's military said.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the missile launches in the area of Pyongyang between 7:44 am and 8:22 (...)
Gyung-ho and Mi-sun's is a classic love story.
They locked eyes at a party and immediately felt a spark. They quickly fell in love, and Gyung-ho asked Mi-sun to move in with him.
But there was a catch.
Gyung-ho lives in the only South Korean village (...)
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik called on special operations troops Wednesday to equip themselves with capabilities to "swiftly eliminate" the North Korean leadership if it starts a war against the South, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Shin (...)
JEDDAH — Jasem Albudaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), revealed that the GCC will vigorously pursue to get the Gulf citizens exempted from Schengen visas. "During negotiations in Brussels with the leaders of the European (...)
A South Korean man has been detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, local media has reported.
South Korean officials have confirmed the arrest and say its diplomats have engaged in talks for his return.
Baek Won-soon was arrested in the (...)
WASHINGTON — To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is "fantastic," Chinese leader Xi Jinping is "brilliant," North Korea's Kim Jong Un is "an OK guy," and, most alarmingly, he allegedly said Adolf Hitler "did some good things," a (...)
In a region that's home to many of the world's oldest games, it should be no surprise that Saudi Arabia is at the very forefront of the future of games and esports, and is home to one of the fastest-growing games companies in the world.
Games, like (...)
South Korea and the United States began their annual Freedom Shield joint military drills on Monday to bolster readiness against North Korea.
The 11-day drills will integrate elements of "live exercises" with constructive simulations, according to (...)
Thousands of doctors in South Korea took to the streets of Seoul on Sunday to protest the government's plans to increase medical school admissions and what they see as a broader lack of support for the country's medical system.
The doctors said the (...)
South Korea's government has threatened to arrest thousands of striking junior doctors and revoke their medical licenses if they do not return to work on Thursday.
Around three-quarters of the country's junior doctors have walked out of their jobs (...)
SEOUL — On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, Yejin is cooking lunch for her friends at her apartment, where she lives alone on the outskirts of Seoul, happily single.
While they eat, one of them pulls up a well-worn meme of a cartoon dinosaur on her phone. (...)