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DeepSeek, Chinese AI startup roiling US tech giants
By Agatha Cantrill, with Peter Catterall in Beijing AFP Chinese startup DeepSeek, which has sparked panic on Wall Street with its powerful ...North Korea fires strategic cruise missiles, vows tough stance on U.S.
By Hyunsu Yim Reuters North Korea conducted a strategic cruise missile test on Saturday, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The country’s ...South Korean investigators question arrested President Yoon in insurrection probe
BY KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the ...Philippines files protest over Beijing’s ‘escalatory actions’ in South China Sea
The Philippines on Monday called on Beijing to desist from “escalatory actions” at a South China Sea shoal and said a protest ...Death toll from powerful earthquake in Tibet rises to 95
By Isabel Kua and Sam Davies AFP A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 95 people and collapsed ...South Korea in crisis as bid to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol fails after tense ...
BY KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff ...In 2024, China saw warmest year in decades, breaking records yet again
Chinese meteorological data shows 2024 was the warmest year for the country since comparable records began more than six decades ago, the ...World welcomes 2025 with fireworks and light shows
South Korea holds muted New Year events after plane crashpublished New Year celebrations in South Korea have been cancelled or scaled back ...Death toll rises to 179 in South Korean plane crash
BY HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG AP The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed ...South Korea’s acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as Yoon goes on trial
By Hyunsu Yim and Joyce Lee Reuters South Korea’s parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after ...