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

On Saturday morning, a magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck about 13 kilometers southeast of Yongam-myeon in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province. The Korea Meteorological Administration placed the epicenter at 35.82 degrees north latitude and 128.35 degrees east longitude, with a depth of about 11 kilometers. The strongest shaking

The South Korean Army said that, as part of the U.S.-South Korea joint exercise Freedom Shield, it conducted a river-crossing drill in the Imjin River corridor near Yeoncheon, in Gyeonggi Province. About 700 service members from both allies participated, including Korea’s Capital Mechanized Infantry Division and the

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft crashed in western Iraq on the day before, the U.S. Central Command said, killing all six crew members on board. The KC-135, a workhorse for decades in aerial refueling, typically carries a crew of three or more, but this flight carried