A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

Seasonal noise” around government hiring skewed the numbers upward, analysts say, and payrolls are in fact pretty weak.

A North Korean man made a daring escape to freedom, traversing on foot one of the world’s most fortified places: the Korean ...

Wall Street is mostly flat in premarket trading, hovering near record levels ahead of the latest U.S. jobs data.

In just a few months, the emerging markets of Asia, Europe and Latin America have undergone a radical change of image.

One day in February, a South ­Korean research vessel ­approached a set of unusual structures planted by China in the middle ...

New highs for U.S. stocks did not translate into gains across Asian markets on Friday. Japan's Nikkei edged 0.3% higher, but ...

Stocks rose and put Wall Street on track to finish the strong week at an all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Friday and is ...

U.S. stocks ticked higher to hit another record. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Wednesday and set an all-time high for the third time ...

South Korea’s Kospi climbed to a fresh annual high Tuesday, buoyed by overnight gains on Wall Street and optimism over easing ...

U.S. stocks are climbing further into record heights after a report showed the U.S. job market looks stronger than Wall ...

BANGKOK — World shares started the week mixed, with European markets opening lower, after U.S. stocks closed at an all-time ...