South Korean Parliament Passes Bill to Investigate President
President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologized for declaring martial law on Dec. 3 but has not stepped down from his post. South Korea’s parliament...
Mass Evacuation of Philippine Villages Underway After Brief but Major Volcanic Eruption
MANILA, Philippines—About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash...
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Urges Putin to Understand the Destructiveness of Nuclear Weapons
OSLO, Norway—Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace...
India Gives Electronics Companies Multibillion-Dollar Incentives to Cut Dependence on China, Expert Says
New Delhi’s initiative aims to minimize potential disruption in the supply chain for a growing domestic market and boost national security. NEW DELHI—India is...
Gang Planned to Smuggle 50 Kilograms of Cocaine Into New Zealand
11 people are facing charges after police foiled a scheme to import the drug from Brazil via a shipping container. Two senior members of...
New Zealand Supermarket Giants Face Criminal Prosecution for Deceptive Pricing
Both supermarket chains in New Zealand, Woolworths and Pak’nSave, are headed to court over inaccurate pricing and misleading specials. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher...
Philippines Conducts Joint Navy Drill With US, Japan
The exercise took place two days after a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine vessels over the disputed Scarborough shoal. The United States, Japan, and...
TikTok Asks Court to Pause Ban as App Seeks Supreme Court Appeal
TikTok and parent company ByteDance asked a court on Dec. 9 for an emergency injunction of the law that would require TikTok to sell...
Former Taiwanese Presidential Guards Indicted for Spying for China
‘China has for a long time used various means to infiltrate, coerce, and suppress Taiwan,’ a presidential office spokesperson said. TAIPEI, Taiwan—Four former Taiwanese...