The dramatic downfall of President Park Geun-hye comes at a time of heightened regional tension over South Korea's deployment of a controversial US missile system.

A suspect has confessed in the case of a 28-year-old tourist found raped and choked to death in an Indian tourist hotspot, police said.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for a new approach toward North Korea Thursday, saying all the efforts of the past 20 years have failed.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson begins a series of meetings in Asia this week with the region in a military turmoil.

The body of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slain last month, was identified using a DNA sample from one of his children, Malaysian authorities said Wednesday.

Global warming has severely damaged huge sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, according to a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The indigenous Whanganui Iwi have a saying: "I am the river and the river is me."

Asia's best colleges were announced Thursday and for the second year in a row, Singapore has emerged top of the table.