Ho Chi Minh City police have issued a warning about an alarming rise in online scams targeting individuals seeking jobs in Australia and South Korea, leaving many victims financially defrauded.

“Over the course of next year, Putin will likely face mounting domestic problems. Russia’s central bank has forecast economic growth of 0.5 to 1.5 per cent in 2025, down from 3.5 to 4 per cent in 2024, suggesting that the wartime boom may have run its course.”

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.) with Australia.”

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has blasted opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien’s nuclear fact-finding mission to South Korea, labelling the study tour a “last-ditch” attempt to make the ­Coalition’s planned tilt towards atomic energy stack-up.

Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.

The new Trump administration’s recommitment to the Quad this week will give Australia – and fellow members Japan and India – cause for optimism even as it compounds an aura of irrelevance now hanging over the ASEAN bloc.

A giant South Korean pension fund will inject $700m into the country’s largest student accommodation company, Scape Australia, as part of a new global strategic partnership.

South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.

With Donald Trump returning to office, 2025 could be a bumper year for cultivated meat bans in the US – here are the countries that could benefit.

Millions celebrate Lunar New Year in China, East Asia and around the world, but the way it's observed varies across countries and cultures.

Parental supervision features strengthened to protect from explicit content Instagram launched Teen Accounts in South Korea on Wednesday, a feature designed to protect teen users from explicit content and inappropriate contact.