The U.S. secretary of state aimed to show that his country stood by South Korea as it grapples with a political crisis, and as Donald J. Trump returns to power.

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President Yoon Suk Yeol, a former prosecutor, used to put people in jail. Now, after his formal arrest, he himself is in a cell, alone.

Lawyers for South Korea’s impeached president say he will appear at a hearing in a Seoul court to oppose a formal arrest over last month’s imposition of martial law.

Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one solely of deprivation and hardship.

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a court hearing where investigators were seeking to extend his detention, making a surprise appearance after his arrest earlier this week.

South Korea opened its embassy in Cuba, the foreign ministry said Saturday, nearly a year after the two countries forged the diplomatic relations that took the world by surprise, including Cuba's Cold War-era ally,

China said Friday that its population fell for the third straight year in 2024, falling by almost 1.4 million to 1.408 billion. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's population has been falling for 15 years, while South Korea's growth turned negative in 2021. In Italy, the number of births has fallen below 400,000 for the first time since the 19th century.

Lee, Fordham Law Leitner Family Professor of International Law and Nicholas Harkness, Professor and Director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University for a discussion co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation,

This year's fair is Jan. 22-26 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center and features 80 galleries from countries including Singapore and U.K.

In September 2020, 18-year-old Cyrus Mason was shot five times while meeting up with others to trade firearms.