Richard Lloyd Parry

Sara Duterte claimed to have hired a hitman to kill the president, Bongbong Marcos Jr

The vice-president of the Philippines, Sara Duterte, faces impeachment after she claimed to have hired an assassin to kill the country's president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Five days after apologising for last week’s short-lived declaration, Yoon insisted it was a legitimate act and accuses opposition of ‘ruining’ the country

Prosecutors failed to prove that Saki Sudo, 28, killed her elderly husband Kosuke Nozaki after he was found dead from a mysterious drug overdose

Two years after winning the presidency, his party has turned against him after his declaration of martial law. So what next for South Korea?

Despite the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, Nineteen Eight-Four is a bestseller and bookshops have become secret salons for free-thinking

Critics suggest Yoon Suk-yeol made his disastrous decision in part to protect his wife Kim Keon-hee from investigation and potential prosecution

The foreign visitors, who were staying at the five-star Warwick resort, are recovering as the authorities test the contents of cocktails served at the hotel

The economic secretary to the Treasury is accused of helping her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Bangladesh PM, siphon off cash from a deal with Russia

A majority of citizens think the country should build its own bomb but Seoul would risk rupturing the crucial US alliance if it chose the nuclear path