The Hyatt Foundation has named Chilean architect Smiljan Radić as the laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, often described as the “Nobel Prize of architecture.” The prize organizer praised Radić’s buildings for their initial sense of instability or unfinished quality, while conveying a quiet, optimistic joy that energizes visitors

Meta Platforms is weighing a new round of large-scale layoffs, according to Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The company’s leadership has instructed senior executives to draft plans that would cut more than 20 percent of its staff, though the timing and exact scope have not been

U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, Iran’s principal crude-export hub, according to Yonhap News Agency. The action comes as President Donald Trump warned Tehran over its leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the initial strikes targeted military facilities and signaling that energy

Strong demand for safe assets pushed the dollar higher as the war in the Middle East appears set to stretch into a longer confrontation and oil markets stayed volatile. The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major currencies, rose above 100 for the first time since

New York City is moving forward with a plan to raise the city’s minimum wage to $30 per hour, nearly doubling the current rate of $17. The measure was formally introduced by City Council member Sandra Nurs, reported by AP and Fox News on January 12, reflecting the agenda

LG Display has signaled progress toward next-generation large-area OLEDs, hinting that it is developing panels with more stacked emitting layers than the current four-layer (4-stack) configuration used in its 4th-generation W-OLED. The company says it already has the technology to add more layers and that commercialization will be decided by

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social on Sunday that five countries should send warships to the Strait of Hormuz to keep the waterway open and secure. In his posts, he named South Korea, China, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom as examples of nations that would

South Korea’s ruling party is locked in an internal dispute over broadcaster Kim Eo-jun after he raised claims about a so-called “prosecution dismissal deal” linked to President Lee Jae-myung on his YouTube program. Pro-Lee factions within the Democratic Party have turned the controversy into a broader challenge to Kim’

The U.S. military’s Central Command said it struck Iran’s Kharg Island oil export terminal on the afternoon of the 13th local time. Kharg Island has long been described as Iran’s oil lifeline, given its central role in export operations. Kharg Island is an eight-kilometer-long coral island

President Lee Jae-myeong spoke at a town hall in Cheongju’s OSCO on the event titled “Listening to Chungbuk’s Heart,” a gathering framed around regional concerns and policy priorities. Lee used an X post to acknowledge the passage of the National Medical Graduate School Establishment Act through the National