Korea and Japan held a joint lighting ceremony Saturday in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the normalization of their ...

1942 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is born. He took power after his father Kim Il-sung, founder of the communist country, died in 1994.

TOKYO (TR) – The former head of an organization that supports the so-called “Toyoko Kids” in the Kabukicho red-light district ...

More than half of those incarcerated suffer from mental health illness. That's the driving force for Metro Community College's criminal justice program adding a mental health course.

SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a Chinese woman operating an illegal sex business from an apartment ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to sign an agreement to grant the United States 50 percent of all future reserves of rare earth metals in Ukraine, according to news reports following a ...

Netflix has a huge catalog of excellent foreign-language shows, so many that finding a place to start can be daunting. As ...

Former South Korea international Hwang Ui-jo was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence on Friday for filming sexual ...

Both countries saw their trade surpluses rise during the first Trump administration. Taiwan finished out the top five with a ...