A Japanese motorcyclist was killed early New Year’s Day in a two-vehicle collision involving a U.S. Marine, according to Japanese police.

South Korean investigators arrived at the presidential residence with a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yoel over his short-lived imposition of martial law, but faced resistance from presidential security staff as hundreds of Yoon’s supporters gathered outside vowing to protect him.

South Korea’s government has maintained that adoptions were a necessary tool to care for needy children, including babies of unwed mothers or other children deemed as abandoned. However, Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare acknowledged to AP that the adoption boom in the 1970s and 80s was possibly fueled by a desire to reduce welfare costs.

Australia is investing in education to support the AUKUS nuclear submarine program amid jitters that President-elect Donald Trump could scrutinize the deal.

Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korean plane disaster have visited the crash site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed to keep increasing the island’s defense spending and display its resolve to fight, as Beijing intensifies drills showcasing its ability to use military force against Taipei.

Harry Chandler, a Navy corpsman who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 from a hillside hospital before rushing to take part in a watery rescue mission, died Monday. He was 103. His death leaves only 14 veterans of the attack known to be alive.

China’s gross domestic product is expected to expand around 5% for the full year of 2024, President Xi Jinping said, signaling the world’s second-largest economy is on track to meet its official target.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cast himself as more willing to take on India’s enemies beyond its borders than any other leader since independence.

Pakistan in recent months has stepped up intelligence-based operations against the Pakistani Taliban, emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. The TTP is a separate group but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban.

North Korean troops supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are conducting ground assaults against Ukrainian forces that have led to “heavy casualties,” a White House spokesman said.

The USS Carl Vinson pulled into Port Klang over the weekend, marking a Navy aircraft carrier’s second visit to Malaysia in as many months after a 12-year pause, according to the Navy.

China cracked down on rumors that a Washington, D.C., zoo abused its pandas, as it seeks to steady ties with the United States weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.

A South Korean court issued warrants Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office and residence over allegations of rebellion in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law.

The University of Hawaii announced it has begun pre-enrollment in its Red Hill Registry, which is intended to provide support and resources for those impacted by the Navy’s 2021 jet fuel spill on Oahu. Enrollment is open to anyone affected by the spill regardless of a connection with the military.

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider.

South Korean officials plan to conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines, as they struggle to determine what caused a weekend plane crash that killed 179 people.

Eight recreational divers spent more than 24 hours floating in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Palau before they were rescued by a local fisherman, the US Coast Guard said.

U.S. service members, Defense Department civilians, military retirees and their families living overseas together have watched more than 1 million hours of American Forces Network streaming TV since the service launched two years ago, according to the DOD.