China will make every effort to rescue Chinese nationals who fell foul of scam operations luring them to countries including Myanmar, the public security ministry said late on Wednesday.

South Korea's anti-corruption agency says impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained several hours after hundreds of the agency's investigators and police officers arrived at his presidential compound to apprehend him.

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