[LIVE] 21:00 ARIRANG NEWS (2024-01-12)

▪ Tensions escalate in the Middle East after U.S., UK airstrikes in Yemen ▪ Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman ▪ S. Korean gov’t holds emergency meeting on trade routes in the Red Sea ▪ U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian entities and individual involved in N. Korea-Russia arms transfers ▪ S. Korea’s new FM calls on Japanese companies to resolve wartime forced labor issue together ▪ Taiwan election 2024: What is at stake and how will it affect relations? ▪ S. Korea’s economy recovers on the back of improving exports despite slow domestic demand ▪ Rising shelter, healthcare costs lift U.S. consumer inflation in December ▪ Davos kicks off on Monday under theme of ’Rebuilding Trust’, S. Korea’s PM to attend ▪ D-7 until Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 ▪ Cultural Artists statement: Urgent calls for change following Lee Sun-kyun’s death ▪ [Weather] Sunny tomorrow, rain or snow forecast on Sunday