Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to embark on his final overseas trip, focusing on US alliances in South Korea, Japan, and France. Amid South Korea's political upheaval and regional tensions,

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.

Russia has lost up to a battalion of North Korean soldiers over the past two days in its western Kursk border region in the ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

As first reported by Reuters, the US-based aerospace company will bring its technical expertise to the extensive multinational investigation of Jeju Air Flight 7C2216. Video footage of the ill-fated Jeju Air 737-800 appears to show smoke emanating from its right-hand engine, possibly due to a bird strike, although other factors are being looked at.

Attacks across the Ukraine-Russia border left three people dead on Friday, according to local officials. In northern Ukraine, three missiles struck a residential area near Chernihiv, killing one person, injuring five, and destroying two homes.

The exact cause of the Boeing 737-800 crash is still unknown, but investigators have pointed to a bird strike, faulty landing gear and the runway barrier as possible issues.

The Dodgers added another impact utility player by signing Korean star Hyeseong Kim to a three-year, $12.5 million contract, with an option for two additional seasons.

Irreconcilable differences between the Austrian People's Party and the Social Democratic Party has ended Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer's efforts to form a new government and his chancellorship.

Thousands of rival South Korean protesters rallied in the capital yesterday, a day after a failed attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing a short-lived martial law decree that led to his impeachment.

Seoul stock surge A financial data screen in the dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2025, shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) surging 42.98 points, or 1.79 percent,

The government has little to show for the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on pro-natal policies over nearly two decades.