The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand strongly condemned the deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia as they met Wednesday for a summit meant to strengthen bilateral ties.

Japan’s prime minister will arrive Friday in South Korea for what will likely be the last summit between the two leaders, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office said.

The escalating maritime clashes between China and the Philippines raise the stakes for the U.S., which is treaty bound to help defend the Philippines from any armed attack in the South China Sea.

Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday.

Cathay Pacific has cancelled dozens of flights this week after an engine issue forced a Zurich-bound flight to return to an airport in Hong Kong, according to media reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia on Tuesday, as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Roughly 9,500 US Marines and sailors and 3,500 of their South Korean counterparts are taking part in this year’s Ssangyong exercise.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel poked the dragon again Tuesday with a tweet aimed at Chinese incursions into Japanese air and maritime territory.

Last year’s decision to defer medical billing for Department of Defense civilians has left hundreds confused and concerned about debt, according to the Japan Civilian Medical Advocacy group.

Lt. Col. Patrick Cichon found several Japanese mementos in 2005 in a wooden chest that belonged to his father, Marine Corps Sgt. Casimir Joseph Cichon, who served during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa. Believing it was “the right thing to do,” the younger Cichon was able to personally return the items this summer to two Japanese museums and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

The Navy should rethink its protocols for analyzing groundwater samples near the defunct Red Hill underground fuel storage facility in Honolulu in response to questions over testing methods and a chemical plume in the aquifer, a municipal engineer said recently.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Monday in Mongolia, a member of the international court that issued an arrest warrant for him.

A storm set off landslides and unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday.

If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate, it’s that he’s bringing along his secretaries to help him navigate the four-country program while keeping up with work back home.

Investigators were in talks early Monday on whether to further detain a former Taiwan presidential candidate amid graft allegations that have sparked minor street protests by his supporters.

As an 18-year-old Navy yeoman 2nd class, Arthur Grabiner served during World War II aboard the USS Laurens, an attack transport ship that took part in amphibious assaults in the Pacific. At age 98, he is determined to devote this final chapter of his life to sharing memories of his wartime service.

Tropical Storm Shanshan brought torrential rain Sunday to Japan‘s Shizuoka area southwest of Tokyo, as weather officials warned it would linger for several more days.

The Japanese foreign ministry relayed “strong concern” Saturday after the ship was spotted near Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, early in the morning.

China and the Philippines accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels Saturday in the latest flareup of tensions over disputed waters and maritime features in the South China Sea.