SOUTH KOREA

South Korean government and corporate officials are visiting Iran this week to hunt out possible deals in the oil, gas and construction industries since an agreement was reached to lift sanctions on Tehran.

Amid mounting tension, the countries will meet again inside the Demilitarized Zone.

Officials of the two Koreas have agreed to hold de-escalation talks after a cross-border shelling incident dramatically increased tensions between the countries.

Germany has joined the growing list of nations where same-sex U.S. service spouses will receive overseas protections.

The loudspeaker broadcasts near the border threaten to destabilize the region, as both South and North Korea have their countries on high alert.

A U.S. military report released Thursday says that China is aggressively attempting to enforce disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Tensions have aggravated after the two Asian neighbors exchanged fire near the border Thursday.

Amid escalating tension between North Korea and South Korea, Kim Jong Un wants his military to be ready to fight.

The MERS virus has caused almost 400 deaths across the Middle East, Asia and Europe since 2012.

Seoul fired dozens of 155 millimeter shells after its military radar system found that the North was firing at a South Korean front-line military unit in Yeoncheon city, Yonhap.

The defection of people from two families has prompted the reclusive state to install barbed-wire fences at the border of South Korea.

Despite the best of intentions, Prime Minister Abadi is unlikely to fix Iraq’s massive corruption problem.

Ten new cases were reported late Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, making it the kingdom's biggest daily jump in confirmed new infections of the disease.

Regional markets have been depressed because of the ongoing volatility in Chinese markets as well as last week's devaluation of the yuan.

A $71.3 million project to remove the sunken ferry has been approved.

Navy practice is scheduled between the two countries next week.

The annual exercise prepares Seoul for a potential attack by North Korea, which has called them a "declaration of war."

The governing body of world athletics suppressed publication of a study indicating hundreds of elite athletes admitted to doping, according to a report in the U.K.'s Sunday Times.

North Korea has historically viewed the annual Ulchi-Freedom Guardian military exercises by South Korea and the U.S. as preparations for war.

Japanese Emperor Akihito marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two with an expression of "deep remorse" over the conflict on Saturday.

Following purges of government officials -- an estimated 16 executions this year -- in the rogue nation, North Korea is planning a massive military parade.