South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew 685 miles before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan

Protesters have thronged the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, where officials trying to arrest him were blocked by security guards.

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.

North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile into the East Sea on Monday, South Korea's military said, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Seoul amid a political crisis in the country.

North Korea said Tuesday it successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, claiming the weapon would "reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region."

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew 685 miles before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempted martial law declaration sparked a wave of collective resistance from citizens, who used protests, social media, and cultural works to express

North Korea said Tuesday its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further expand his collection of nuclear-capable weapons to counter rival nations.

Behind rows of barbed wire and a small army of personal security, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his sprawling hillside villa with his wife, dogs and cats on Tuesday as investigators planned his arrest.

North Korea says latest weapons test was new hypersonic intermediate-range missile - North Korea has been testing various hypersonic weapons designed to fly at more than five times the speed of sound