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Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin’s victory as prime minister ends months of suspense, legal wrangling and horse-trading that followed May elections

The apparent resumption of travel came as the U.N. rights chief, Volker Türk, told the first open meeting of the U.N. Security Council on North Korean human rights since 2017 that the country was increasing its repression and people were becoming more desperate

The three countries are inaugurating ‘a new era of cooperation,’ but they say that the summit is not anti-Chinese and does not establish a ‘mini NATO structure’ in the Pacific

The American president received the leaders of both allied Asian countries at Camp David

Kim Jong-un’s push to produce more weapons also comes as U.S. officials believe Russia’s defense minister recently talked with North Korea about selling more weapons to Russia for its war with Ukraine

The Japan Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Khanun is expected to slow to nearly stationary movement in the waters between China and Japan’s southwestern islands before turning east Friday

This South Korean priest, founder of the Caleb Mission church, has managed to save ‘more than 1,000′ people in the last 20 years. ‘Currently, there are more than 200 who have contacted us to be rescued,’ he says

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff in a statement condemned North Korea’s missile launches as a ‘grave provocation’ that threaten regional peace and stability

Scores of rescuers and trained trekkers have been deployed to find people trapped by the landslide

“It’s likely that North Korea will use the soldier for propaganda purposes in the short term,” said Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in South Korea

There were no immediate details about how or why the soldier crossed the heavily fortified border or whether the soldier was on duty

At least 34 people are injured and more than 10,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes since July 9, when heavy rain started pounding the country

Washington is strengthening traditional alliances such as NATO, while in the Asia Pacific it is forging new networks with more limited objectives

These stealthy survival tactics could teach us how to curb the widespread use of chemical pesticides in agriculture. But first, researchers must learn how seemingly helpless flora deploy this masterful strategy

Jordan is set to host its biggest royal wedding in years as the country’s young Crown Prince Hussein exchanges vows with a daughter of one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest and most influential families

Wednesday’s unsuccessful launch is a setback to leader Kim Jong-un’s push to boost his military capabilities

To launch a satellite into space, North Korea would have to use long-range missile technology banned by U.N. Security Council resolutions. Its past launches of Earth observation satellites were seen as disguised missile tests

During a preliminary questioning, police say the 33-year-old told them that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly

Civic Party, which was founded in 2006, was made up of mostly professionals, lawyers and academics. At its peak, it won six seats in the Hong Kong legislature during the 2012 elections

Air blew through the cabin, slightly injuring 12 people. The plane with 194 people was heading to Daegu from the southern island of Jeju

The self-governing island, which China considers an inalienable part of its territory, is drawing lessons from the Russian invasion as Washington ups military assistance

Su was considered to lead the department when Biden won the White House but instead became the department’s deputy

The clearest result of the SAG Awards was the overwhelming success of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s madcap multiverse tale

Over two decades after he gave up acting because of a lack of appealing roles, the former child star is one of the awards season’s biggest comeback stories

Scholz stressed that developing countries were being negatively impacted by energy and food shortages resulting from the war

The ordinance is a contentious issue, especially among the nation’s South Asian diaspora

The Munich Security Conference underscored how the US, EU, China, India and Russia are competing to expand their area of influence among non-aligned nations