South Korea
President Joe Biden's six-day trip to South Korea and Japan aims to build rapport with the Asian nations’ leaders.
State media didn’t specify how many of the fever cases and deaths were confirmed as COVID-19 cases.
North Korea has blown up a vacant inter-Korean liaison office in a symbolic act of aggression.
The Koreas' rival leaders expressed hope for improved relations, which plummeted amid a freeze in nuclear negotiations and North Korea’s accelerating weapons development.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Olympic skater did a lot more than just toss the ball.
The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world will miss a target for giving doses to the U.N.-backed effort to deliver shots to poorer countries.
South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol says he would solidify an alliance with the United States, build up a powerful military and sternly cope with North Korean provocations.
While the launch didn't pose a threat to the U.S., it corresponded with an order issued to ground some flights on the U.S. West Coast.
But they aren't doing it on purrr-pose.
In many places around the world, plans for New Year’s Eve celebrations were muted or cancelled for the second year due to coronavirus infections.