News - 2026.03.10 PM8

0:00From Seoul, Korea, KBS World Radio News today starts right now. On today's broadcast, President E.J. Young says the possible transfer of U.S. weapons to the Middle East will not seriously damage nuclear deterrence against North Korea. Global oil prices return to the $80 range in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's remark that the war on Iran will end soon, sending up stocks in Seoul. And, South Korea makes the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time in 17 years after dramatic victory over Australia. This is KBS World Radio News. I'm Daniel Choi. President E.J. Young has acknowledged that the United States could relocate some of its key air defense assets operated by U.S. forces Korea to the Middle East. He said that the potential pull-out will not affect deterrence against the North. Beiju-yeon, ask more.

1:01President E.J. Young says a possible pull-out of U.S. air defense assets from South Korea to the Middle East will not seriously damage nuclear deterrence against North Korea. During a cabinet meeting Tuesday, E-addressed mounting concerns over the potential partial deployment of military assets to support operations in the Middle East region. The government expects that U.S. forces Korea will fully contribute to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula as it has been doing. As the situation has been unfolding, we have expressed opposition to the pull-out of some air defense assets from U.S.F.K. based on military needs, but it is a stark reality that our position cannot be fully consistent. The acknowledgement came amid media reports that an extended conflict with Iran might lead to a shortage of interceptors and U.S. forces Korea might have to send its missiles to

2:02the region. However, one thing to consider is whether this pose is a serious obstacle to our deterrent strategy against North Korea. If you ask me, I would say absolutely not. The Washington Post, citing two official said, the Pentagon is moving parts of a terminal high altitude area defense system better known as that from South Korea to the Middle East. Recently, there had been frequent take-ops and landings of large U.S. transport aircraft, including C5 and C17s at the Osan Air Base outside of Seoul, possibly indicating the export of American air defense weapons to the Middle East, pigeon-cubus world radio news. Global oil prices after surpassing $100 US per barrel returned to the $80 range in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's remark that the war in Iran will be over soon and in anticipation of price stabilization measures. In Seoul, the benchmark cost began over 5% pairing losses from the previous day, Rosenbach

3:08reports. Global oil prices have tumbled back from a near four-year high, while stocks rose after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the war in Iran will end soon. During a meeting with Republican House members in Florida on Monday, Trump sought to alleviate the fear of an extended conflict with Iran. Better, stronger, and our country is doing really well at a level that nobody thought. We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil, and I think you'll see it's going to be a short-term excursion. Trump later told a press conference that he would not let Iran block the straight-up hormones and hold the world hostage over oil. We're putting an end to all of this threat once and for all, and the result will be lower oil prices, oil and gas prices. Trump's latest remarks have given markets some hope amid fears of a deepening energy supply crisis. Global oil prices, which surge past $119 U.S. dollars a barrel to highs not seen since 2022, ended a volatile Monday in the U.S. with Brent Crude and West Texas intermediate,

4:13both settling in the $80 range and late trading. Stocks also rebounded. In South Korea, the benchmark Korea composites Stock Price Index rose 5.35% on Tuesday, while the tech heavy cost acting 3.21%. Joseon Park KBS World Radio News South Korea qualified for the quarter finals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time in 17 years after a dramatic victory over Australia. The national team beat Australia 7-2 at Tokyo Dome on Monday, advancing to the knockout stage in Miami, Florida has a second ranked team in Pulse C after Japan. South Korea's chances of qualifying for the quarter-spot were thrown into doubt after the team posted a win over Chechnya and two losses against Japan and Chinese Taipei. Monday's victory played South Korea in a three-way tie with Australia and Chinese Taipei in the pool ranking, but it ultimately secured the ticket to Miami. South Korea will face the winner of pool D in the quarter finals at Miami's Lone Depot Park at 7.30 a.m. Saturday, Korean Standard Time.

5:18Kim Yajung, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned of unimaginably terrible consequences in condemning South and Washington's joint annual military drills that kicked off on Monday. In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, Kim called the Allies Freedom Shield Exercise a provocative and aggressive war rehearsal by those scheming and planning confrontation with the regime. Judges at the latest geopolitical crises and complicated international events around the world show that there is no distinction between defense and attack, training an actual warfare in all military maneuvers by enemy-field warfare troops. Referring to their regime leaders' comment that the strongest striking power is the most reliable deterrence, the sister threatened to mobilize destructive strength for a responsible exercise of deterrence against strategic threats, likely suggesting the use of the regime's nuclear capacity. Rival parties have agreed to hold a plenary session on Thursday and handle some 60 bills related

6:20to people's livelihoods, including a special bill aimed at creating a fund and mechanisms to deliver on South Korea's investment plitch to the United States. Deputy floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party, Chan-joon-ho and Yusang-bom, the deputy floor leader of the main opposition, People Power Party, announced to move to reporters after a meeting at the National Assembly on Tuesday. The two parties also agreed to recommend and take steps to elect D.P. representative Jin-sung-joon as chair of the National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts. Yusat is party actively requested that a bill to merge Daegu and North Kang-sung province traditional PPP strongholds in the Southeast be passed in the upcoming plenary, but acknowledge that it was unlikely to happen given that the D.P. has called for more discussions on the matter. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to use an artificial intelligence deep-fake analysis model jointly developed with the National Forensic Service in the local elections

7:21scheduled for June. The Ministry announced a plan on Tuesday disclosing the model developed based on five top entries selected at an AI detection model competition held in December last year to address deep-fake-related crimes. Unlike previous technologies that focused mainly on facial details, the new system combines localized and global analysis to scan the entire video, including the background and body movements. The Ministry said internal tests showed the model's false content detection rate reached 92%, significantly higher than the 76% recorded by earlier models. South Korea's per capita gross national income remained in the $36,000 range for a third consecutive year in 2025. Perliminary data released by the Bank of Korea Tuesday indicated the country's nominal per capita GNI reached $36,855 last year of 0.3% from the previous year.

8:24The sluggish dollar-based growth is mainly attributed to the depreciation of the Korean currency against the U.S. dollar. South Korea's dollar-denominated per capita GNI last year trailed Taiwan and Japan, which reached $40,585 and about $38,000 respectively. And that's the news from KBS World Videos News Center in Seoul, the SESPIN Daniel Chair.