U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to South Korea, Japan and France from Jan. 4-9, the State Department said on Friday, amid a political crisis in Seoul. South Korea's presidential guards and military troops on Friday prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol,

South Korea's transport ministry has extended by a week special inspections of all 101 of the Boeing 737-800 jets run by the country's airlines, as jet engine maker GE joined a probe into the deadliest aviation disaster on the country's soil.