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The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korean president vows to reveal truth on anniversary of Jeju Air crash

Relatives of the victims have demanded answers about the accident, after investigators delayed releasing a report on what went wrong on 29 December 2024, when the Jeju Air jet crash-landed and...

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea August 12, 2025. Photo: JUNG YEON-JE/Pool via REUTERS

South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim received bribes and meddled in state affairs: Prosecutor

Zhuque-3 rocket by China’s private rocket firm LandSpace, takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China on 3 December 2025 in this screengrab taken from handout drone footage provided by LandSpace. File Photo: LandSpace/Reuters

China's LandSpace gears up to take on Elon Musk and SpaceX

Rescue team members search for passengers missing since Friday night after a boat carrying several people sank off the coast of Indonesia in extreme weather, in the Padar Island Strait, Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, December 27, 2025. Photo: Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS)/Handout via REUTERS

Valencia coach Fernando Martin dies in Indonesia boat accident

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Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported

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Bird flu case reported at poultry farm in eastern Japan

Myanmar soldiers from the 77th light infantry division walk along a street during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 28, 2021. Picture taken February 28, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Why is Myanmar's junta holding an election during a civil war?

Displaced people queue for food at a school turned temporary shelter, amid clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area in Surin province, Thailand. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai and Cambodia militaries hold talks on resuming ceasefire

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Southeastern Taiwan shaken by 6.1 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

A truck drives near stacks of containers at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Indonesia eyes US tariff deal signing in January, says all issues settled

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam leaves after attending a parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of independence in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool

To Lam, reformist risk-taker, seeks to extend his hold on Vietnam

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies near skid marks on the runway at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

South Korea parliament passes bill to launch probe into 2024 Jeju Air crash

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam leaves after attending a parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of independence in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool

How a five-yearly Communist Party congress will pick Vietnam's next leaders​