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Supporters for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally against his impeachment near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. The signs read
Supporters for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally against his impeachment near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. The signs read "Oppose the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asia-Pacific

South Korea’s impeached leader avoids investigators as court begins meeting to determine his fate

DEC. 16, 2024

South Korea Martial Law
People gather to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asia-Pacific

South Korea lifts president’s martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule

DEC. 13, 2024

Manuela Sales da Silva Ferreira, owner of the family-run Restaurante Litoral, puts egg yolk on a crabmeat shell in a kitchen of her restaurant in Macao, on Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Anthony Kwan)
Manuela Sales da Silva Ferreira, owner of the family-run Restaurante Litoral, puts egg yolk on a crabmeat shell in a kitchen of her restaurant in Macao, on Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Anthony Kwan)

Asia-Pacific

Preserving Macao’s fusion cuisine with recipes passed down generations

DEC. 9, 2024

FILE - Journalists at a center for forensic analysis in undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 24, 2024, film fragments of what authorities in Kyiv described as a Russian hypersonic missile that struck a factory in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Nov. 21. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - Journalists at a center for forensic analysis in undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 24, 2024, film fragments of what authorities in Kyiv described as a Russian hypersonic missile that struck a factory in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Nov. 21. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Asia-Pacific

Russia has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?

DEC. 9, 2024

Taiwan President Trip
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrives at the East-West Center for an informal private discussion during a transit stopover in Hawaii en route to visit several Pacific Islands, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Asia-Pacific

AP dominates on live video, photos during Taiwanese President’s first U.S. visit in Hawaii

DEC. 6, 2024

Japan South Korea Sado
Guests offer a moment of silence during a memorial ceremony for the Sado Island Gold Mine in Sado, Niigata prefecture, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Asia-Pacific

Tokyo bureau provides exclusive coverage of ceremony honoring South Korean slaves who died in Japanese gold mines during WWII

DEC. 6, 2024

Protesters hold up banners that reads
Protesters hold up banners that reads "Impeach Yoon Suk Yeol " at a candlelight vigil against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Asia-Pacific

Yoon replaces the defense minister as South Korea’s parliament moves to vote on their impeachments

DEC. 5, 2024

People hold candles during a candlelight vigil against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People hold candles during a candlelight vigil against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Asia-Pacific

South Korea’s opposition parties move to impeach president over sudden declaration of martial law

DEC. 4, 2024

A man shouts to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A man shouts to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asia-Pacific

South Korea lifts president’s martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule

DEC. 3, 2024

Laos Tourists Poisoned
Health officials come out of Nana Backpackers hostel after checking documents in Vang Vieng, Laos, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Asia-Pacific

AP delivers unmatched coverage in Laos after mass methanol poisoning of foreign tourists

DEC. 2, 2024

China Bookstore Crackdown
Yu Miao, owner of JF Books, speaks to The Associated Press in his bookstore in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Asia-Pacific

AP sheds light on a little-noticed crackdown unfurling on independent bookstores in China

DEC. 2, 2024

China Raves
Rave attendees dance to electronic music in Changchun in northeastern China's Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Asia-Pacific

AP offers rare look at China’s techno rave subculture, and the rebellious angst behind it

NOV. 22, 2024

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