[LIVE] 21:00 ARIRANG NEWS (2024-02-07)

▪ S. Korea’s current account balance for Dec. posts surplus for 8th consecutive month ▪ S. Korea’s sluggish economy offset by improving chip exports: KDI ▪ EV battery use up 38.6% worldwide despite slowing EV market ▪ Addressing S. Korea’s falling fertility, birth rates in 2024? ▪ General Election 2024: Overseas voter registration due by Feb. 10 ▪ Russian envoy warns N. Korea may conduct seventh nuclear test if ’provoked’ by U.S. ▪ S. Korea holds talks with China, Russia seeking to restore ties ▪ South Korea secures deal to export M-SAM II missile system to Saudi Arabia ▪ At least three killed in Kyiv and Mykolaiv in Russian air strikes ▪ Qatari PM says Hamas response to truce proposal “generally positive“ ▪ Federal appeals court rejects former Pres. Trump’s claim of absolute immunity ▪ [Weather] Ultrafine dust in Seoul metropolitan area and Chungcheong-do provinces tomorrow