Details about the unidentified person’s motive and current status remain under investigation, South Korea’s military said.
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Beijing is joining U.S. allies including Japan and Australia in a new Asia-Pacific trade agreement.
The North Korean leader vowed to pursue high-tech weapons to counter what he called military instability on the Korean Peninsula.
Breaking a four-month silence following his flight to the U.A.E. and his government’s fall to the Taliban, the former Afghan president said he regrets being too accommodating to U.S.
The dictator is stepping out of the shadow of his father and grandfather as Pyongyang faces deep economic woes.
The blaze at an Osaka mental-health clinic earlier this month was one of the deadliest in modern Japanese history.
Political dynasties are increasingly dominating governments in Southeast Asia, posing an obstacle to good governance in one of the world’s most economically vibrant regions.
National security police detained seven people linked to the popular news site, dealing a further blow to freedom of speech in a city once celebrated for its rambunctious journalism.
The violence happened in a part of the country where resistance groups have been fighting the military junta.
President Moon Jae-in said he decided to release the 69-year-old, who has been serving her prison term since March 2017, because of her poor health and in an effort to unite the country.
Tokyo is sending representatives to the Beijing Olympics—just not a cabinet member or other official in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration.
Local tongues gain popularity as more people on the self-ruled island, where Mandarin predominates, disavow their connection with China.
The vote is a setback for Beijing that removes a key obstacle to a U.S. trade deal.
The oil-and-gas industry is the main source of revenue for the Myanmar’s military, which seized power in a coup earlier this year.
The world’s third-largest carbon emitter wants to be a renewable energy heavyweight, without becoming more dependent on its regional rival.
The Kim family has governed North Korea since Soviet leader Joseph Stalin installed clan patriarch Kim Il Sung after World War II, holding power for three generations despite widespread poverty and an appalling human-rights record.
He was the oldest surviving member of North Korea’s ruling family and once considered a potential candidate to lead the country.
Australia signed a contract to buy self-propelled howitzers from South Korea, broadening its military cooperation as it seeks to counter China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
People who haven’t received shots account for a disproportionate amount of the strain on Singapore’s healthcare resources, authorities say, so the city-state is going to stop fully covering their Covid-19 medical bills.
Najib Razak is to remain free on bail pending an appeal to Malaysia’s highest court on charges related to his role in one of the world’s largest financial scandals.
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