China will make every effort to rescue Chinese nationals who fell foul of scam operations luring them to countries including Myanmar, the public security ministry said late on Wednesday.

A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics

South Korea's anti-corruption agency says impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained several hours after hundreds of the agency's investigators and police officers arrived at his presidential compound to apprehend him.