Armed police and other officers are at the scene of the attack in Seongnam, near Seoul.
The woman lifted 45kg with family cheering her on, at a contest organised for the elderly in Taipei.
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at how relations between the UK and China became so strained.
Footage shows people running and items falling off shelves as the earthquake strikes.
The rate of India’s economic growth is still robust, but the latest GDP figures signal a slowdown.
Around 1,000 houses were destroyed in the blaze, officials say, months after a similar incident in the Philippine capital.
Surveillance footage captures the moment a Siberian tiger rams into a gate just after it was closed.
The BBC's Katy Watson reports from Wellington on why tens of thousands have taken to the streets.
Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led the haka and ripped up a copy of a contentious bill being voted on.
Watch: BBC China correspondent ordered to stop filming and pushed at car attack scene
New volcanic eruptions have spread fresh panic among residents on the island of Flores.
Three astronauts from the Shenzhou-18 mission landed in north China after six months aboard the Tiangong space station.
A plane at Taoyuan Airport was forced to abort its initial landing amid strong winds.
The Shenzhou 19 spacecraft is taking three taikonauts to China's space station, Tiangong.
Mini was rescued after a BBC Eye investigation that exposed a global online monkey torture ring.
Content creators are going viral for renovating abandoned Japanese homes for low prices - but is all as it seems?
Indian tycoon Ratan Tata spoke to the BBC on the 50th anniversary of India's independence.
The legendary business tycoon has died at the age of 86.
The elephants were evacuated from flash flooding at a sanctuary near Chiang Mai, Thailand.
No-one was injured in the incident, which occurred during heavy rains in Bihar state.
The BBC hears from women who have seen their rights crushed since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
