Today's Major News

1. "Close Cooperation on Strait of Hormuz"... Military Dispatches Local Fact-Finding Team

President Lee Jae-myung and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to maintain close cooperation regarding the Strait of Hormuz during their summit. The Ministry of National Defense announced that it has dispatched a fact-finding team to the Middle East to assess the local situation in the Strait of Hormuz.

2. Saudi-Houthi Clashes Reach "All-Out War" Level... Oil Prices Approach $100

Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels clashed at an all-out war level over the Red Sea strait, which serves as a detour for the Strait of Hormuz. As oil facilities and airbases suffered large-scale attacks, international oil prices approached $100 per barrel, as the fallout from the conflict between the United States and Iran appears to be spreading.

3. First Foot Search Yields No Results; Missing Persons' Families to Hold Press Conference Today

Our emergency relief team conducted its first foot search in Nepal to find the missing South Korean nationals, but it did not yield results. The families of the missing persons are scheduled to hold a press conference in Nepal at noon today (the 9th) Korea time.

4. "Never Met Kim Seung-won"... Police Assign "Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Lobbying" Case

Kang, CEO of Genencell and a key figure in the "Ministry of Food and Drug Safety lobbying suspicions" surrounding Minister of Justice nominee Kim Seung-won, claimed that he only filed a petition to nominee Kim through Yang, and has never met nominee Kim in person. The police have assigned the "lobbying suspicion" case involving nominee Kim to the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul.
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