Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for briefly imposing martial law in a dramatic culmination to the country's biggest political crisis in decades.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to use the event to set his domestic and foreign policy agenda for the next five years and further entrench his family’s authoritarian rule.

US and Chinese fighter jets briefly faced off above waters near the Korean Peninsula this week, Yonhap News reported, marking a rare confrontation in that area between the two superpowers.

By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Rachel Homan's Canada beat South Korea 10-7 on Thursday to book their spot in the semi-finals of the women's curling competition at the Winter Olympics,

Asia-Pacific markets traded higher on Thursday, with several bourses in the region returning from the Lunar New Year holiday.