Asia Pacific

South Korea’s anti-corruption investigators have called in the police after presidential security service blocked the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol amid mass protests in Soul

A man will face court in Fiji after he was accused of sexually assaulting a Virgin Australia crew member on New Year's Day.

A week after a crash that killed 179 people on December 29, Jeju Air’s future is clouded by even deeper questions.

Investigators have left the official residence of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol after a six-hour stand-off as they tried to detain him for questioning.

Alleged attacks on two Australian flight crews in Fiji has left locals worried about the impact the news would have on tourism for the Pacific nation.

The carrier has sent a management team to investigate.

A leading US expert on China has urged Australia to be bolder in its dealings with Beijing and less afraid of upsetting the ruling Communist Party — or risk the political consequences of perceived weakness. 

During the first, aborted descent, witnesses on the ground said they heard a bang and saw a ring of smoke rising from one of the wings.

Aviation experts are questioning the role of a mound of dirt and a concrete wall past the end of a runway, which Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 slammed into, killing all but two people on board.

A fire has broken out at a hotel in a popular tourism area of Bangkok, killing three tourists and injuring seven others.

Among the victims are five children under 10, including a three-year-old boy.

The passenger plane with 181 people on board skidded across the runway at a high speed and slammed into a wall before exploding into flames.

Two survivors are believed to have been pulled from the wreckage after the aircraft — which had 181 people aboard — crashed in South Korea and went up in a fireball.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025, following up on a meeting in May cementing a ‘new era’ of relations focusing on opposition to US policy.

People are visiting mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 200,000 in several countries.