Ho Chi Minh City police have issued a warning about an alarming rise in online scams targeting individuals seeking jobs in Australia and South Korea, leaving many victims financially defrauded.

“Over the course of next year, Putin will likely face mounting domestic problems. Russia’s central bank has forecast economic growth of 0.5 to 1.5 per cent in 2025, down from 3.5 to 4 per cent in 2024, suggesting that the wartime boom may have run its course.”

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.) with Australia.”

The South Korean won experienced one of the steepest depreciations globally in December 2024, driven by political turmoil following the short-lived imposition of martial law, according to data released Sunday.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has blasted opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien’s nuclear fact-finding mission to South Korea, labelling the study tour a “last-ditch” attempt to make the ­Coalition’s planned tilt towards atomic energy stack-up.

The new Trump administration’s recommitment to the Quad this week will give Australia – and fellow members Japan and India – cause for optimism even as it compounds an aura of irrelevance now hanging over the ASEAN bloc.

A giant South Korean pension fund will inject $700m into the country’s largest student accommodation company, Scape Australia, as part of a new global strategic partnership.

With Donald Trump returning to office, 2025 could be a bumper year for cultivated meat bans in the US – here are the countries that could benefit.

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Millions celebrate Lunar New Year in China, East Asia and around the world, but the way it's observed varies across countries and cultures.

North Korea says it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” response to what it called the escalation of U.S.