TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is monitoring developments in South Korea with "particular and grave" concerns, the top government spokesman said Wednesday, following the detention of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law in December.

China will make every effort to rescue Chinese nationals who fell foul of scam operations luring them to countries including Myanmar, the public security ministry said late on Wednesday.

As political changes loom, South Korea's leadership crisis could affect ties with China, Japan and the US, observers say With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance,

Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will fly to Seoul for talks with his counterpart on Monday amid an ongoing political crisis in South Korea over short-lived martial law. Iwaya will be hosted by South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul in what would be their first one-on-one meeting.

Thousands of South Koreans have gathered for rival demonstrations in the capital Seoul, either demanding the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed December 3 martial law decree or calling for his impeachment to be declared invalid.

A TV screen shows a file image of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as supporters of impeached Yoon stage a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea ...

Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street’s mostly positive performance ahead of key U.S. inflation data that could influence the pace of the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts

For weeks, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has holed up inside his guarded residential compound as investigators try to figure out how to detain him.

TOKYO -- With South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached over his short-lived martial law decree in December, the legal troubles of Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong are once again casting a shadow over the nation's largest family-owned conglomerate.

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally that is meant to counter China's growing regional power.