South Korean political heavyweights on Tuesday demanded President Park Geun-hye step down or be impeached over a scandal involving Park's longtime confidante.
After stunning the world by clinching the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump is gearing up for the coming power transition, but it remains unknown how he will govern as someone without any political experience.
South Korean prosecutors plan to investigate President Park Geun-hye early next week over Park's biggest political scandal involving her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil suspected of intervening in state affairs behind the scenes and peddling undue influence for personal gains.
Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are expected to rally in South Korea during an upcoming weekend to demand President Park Geun-hye's resignation over scandal involving her longtime confidante and former aides.
A former close aide to South Korean President Park Geun-hye has testified to prosecutors that he leaked confidential documents to Park's long-time confidante Choi Soon-sil under the president's instructions, local media outlets reported on Tuesday.
China on Monday urged the United States to respect the Philippines' right to an independent foreign policy.
Rival political parties in South Korea showed different reactions to President Park Geun-hye's national address on Friday, her second since a scandal involving her longtime confidante and former aides came into focus last month.
Cambodia's National Assembly President Samdech Heng Samrin said Wednesday that the forthcoming state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Cambodia will elevate Cambodia-China ties to the highest-ever level in history.
Former French President Jacques Chirac is still in hospital in Paris after suffering a lung infection at the weekend, Frederic Salat-Baroux, his brother-in-law said, rejecting a rumor about his death.
President Rodrigo Duterte has unleashed a series of expletives against the European Union after its parliament called on the Philippine government to "put an end" to the killings of drug suspects.
Former U.S. Republican President George H.W. Bush plans to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a niece of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
An adviser to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign said on Sunday that Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday during the United Nations General Assembly, just as Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is also scheduled to do.
President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of Iraq, Nigeria and Colombia on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly gathering next week, the White House said on Friday.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday that the Philippines has no plans to scrap the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States.
As Brazil and Latin America reeled from the impeachment of Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, reactions quickly began pouring in, mostly from her saddened supporters.
The State flag of Singapore on all government buildings will be flown at half-mast from Tuesday to Friday, and a state funeral service will be held as a mark of respect to Mr Nathan, who died at hospital at age of 92 on Monday night.
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