Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has released a video of the first North Korean soldiers captured in Russia’s Kursk region and said Kyiv is willing to swap the prisoners of war for its troops held by Moscow.

China’s exports in December grew at a faster pace than expected, as factories rushed to fill orders to beat higher tariffs that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose once he takes office.

While initially inexperienced on the battlefield, North Korean troops have adapted quickly — a development that could have far-reaching consequences as they gain combat knowledge in the war against Ukraine.

China and Britain restarted economic and financial talks on Saturday after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing, as the U.K.’s Labour government seeks to reset strained ties with the world’s second-largest economy.

Japan and Indonesia have pledged to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister.

A group of Uyghurs who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, alarming activists who say the men are at risk of abuse and torture if they are sent back.

Blue Angels aviators were in Hawaii this week to lay the groundwork for the squadron’s performance at the Kaneohe Bay Air Show Aug. 9-10.

South Korea’s acting leader, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, on Friday accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service as he faced questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week.

Government officials representing Japan and Okinawa repeated pleas to the US military to discipline its population following a fourth sexual assault allegation against a service member on Okinawa in just over a year.

US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel defended American forces abroad as ‘the thin blue line.’