North Korea on Tuesday boasted its test of a precision-guided missile was "successful", saying it had zeroed in within a few metres of a target provocatively close to Japan the day before. The...
North Korea confirmed its recent test-firing of a ballistic missile was "successful", the state-run news agency KCNA reported Tuesday, a day after the projectile landed in waters close to Japan....
President Donald Trump on Monday called North Korea's latest missile test a slap in the face for its main ally China, which the US leader praised for trying to rein in the regime. "North Korea has...
China pleaded again for dialogue on Monday to ease regional tensions after North Korea launched its latest missile test in defiance of UN sanctions. The Chinese foreign ministry urged Pyongyang in a...
Former women's world number one Ai Miyazato said Monday that a crisis of confidence triggered her decision to retire from professional golf at the end of the current season. The Japanese 31-year-old,...
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Monday morning that landed in the ocean, the US military said. South Korea and Japan immediately protested the missile launch, the most recent...
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, the South's military and Japan said, a move that ratcheted up tensions over the North's quest to develop weapons capable of hitting the United States....
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen a test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system, state media said Sunday, amid mounting tensions in the region following a series of missile tests by...
US President Donald Trump said Friday the "problem" of an increasingly belligerent North Korea would be "solved", as he met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe just before the start of the G7 summit....
US President Donald Trump said Friday the "problem" of an increasingly belligerent North Korea would be "solved", as he met with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe just before the start of the G7...
"I'm good at escaping," says Grace Jo, a slender 25-year-old who managed to flee North Korea and its authoritarian regime not just once but three times, though most of her family was not so lucky....
Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North Korea is not reined in, Australia's foreign minister said Friday after talks in New...
Taiwan's giant step towards allowing same-sex marriage has reverberated across Asia, but activists warn the fight for equality isn't over in a region where gay sex remains illegal in some countries....
North Korea's latest missile launch showed that the county's military is able to operate weapons from anywhere in the country, not just from a fixed position, satellite images have shown. The testing...
World number 10 Jang Ha-Na has dropped her LPGA Tour membership and returned home to South Korea, a decision she said Tuesday was motivated only to be nearer her family. The 25-year-old from Seoul...
China's imports from North Korea fell in April to a near three-year low, data showed Tuesday, as Beijing faces calls to put more economic pressure on its nuclear-armed ally. China -- the North's sole...
North Korea on Tuesday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test with tighter sanctions. In a unanimous statement backed by Pyongyang's ally China,...
The corridors of power were home to South Korea's Park Geun-Hye as a child, de facto first lady, and president. Now she resides at a detention centre, and is addressed as "the accused". Park went on...
South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye went on trial Tuesday over the massive corruption scandal that led to her downfall. A grim-faced Park, wearing a blue trouser suit, a badge with her...
South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye was due in court Tuesday to face trial over the massive corruption scandal that led to her stunning downfall. The fallen head of state will be taken from...
