South Korean president Yoon's declaration of martial law not only stress tested South Korea's democracy, it may also contribute to destabilising the fragile US-Japan-South Korea trilateral.

South Korea on Friday strongly protested Japan's renewed claim to its easternmost islets of Dokdo after Japan's top diplomat described them as part of his country's territory. Earlier in the day, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya reiterated Tokyo's territorial claim over the islets in South

Choi Sung-ryong, whose father was executed by North Korea, wants to pressure a pro-Pyongyang association in Tokyo over the abductees Choi Sung-ryong was a teenager in South Korea when his father was abducted by North Korean agents.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump to win his commitment to maintain a strong American presence in the Asia-Pacific.

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

Japan's unbeaten Naoya Inoue retained his undisputed world super-bantamweight titles on Friday in style by knocking out South Korean rank outsider Kim Ye-joon in the fourth round in Tokyo.

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations.

The short-range missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, South Korea said. SEOUL and TOKYO -- North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Goading boxing superstar Naoya Inoue proved to be the wrong move. The unbeaten Japanese fighter was invited to take a shot by overmatched South Korean opponent Ye Joon Kim and Inoue responded with a d

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's latest show of force just days ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

Pyongyang expresses its discontent over the "concerning provocations" that the combined aerial maneuvers carried out last week between Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington represented. North Korea has announced a test with strategic cruise missiles,