Asia

South Korean media say a man who opened an emergency exit door during a domestic flight told police he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly as it was landing.

Asiana Airlines and government officials say a passenger opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea.

Thursday’s drills, the first of the allies’ five rounds of firing exercises until mid-June, mark 70 years since the establishment of the military alliance between Seoul and Washington.

The president on Saturday was also squeezing in meetings aimed at challenging China’s buildout across the Indo-Pacific, including with the so-called Quad partnership made up of the U.S., Australia, Japan and India.

Asia, especially China, is an area of certainty amid global uncertainty, according to an annual economic outlook report released at the Boao Forum in Hainan.

President Biden wrapped up a three-day visit to South Korea where he met with Hyundai CEO Euisun Chung to talk about investing $10 billion in electric vehicles and related technologies in the United States

President Biden attended a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during his first trip to Asia since taking office.