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With the start of the year 2024, the Noto Peninsula Earthquake has entered its 4th day, and according to Japan's NHK, the number of deaths in Ishikawa Prefecture due to the quake has increased to 73 as of 6:00 p.m. on the 3rd. There were 39 cases in Wajima City, 23 cases in Suzu City, 5 cases in Nanao City, 2 cases each in Anamizu Town and Noto Town, and 1 death each in Hago City and Shiga Town. In addition to this, many houses have collapsed in Wajima City, Suzu City and Noto Town, 25 people are missing, and there are 323 people with minor and serious injuries.

Tokyo Haneda Airport, a serious accident occurred on the 2nd, a Japan Airlines (Japan Airlines) flight and the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency aircraft collided, resulting in the Maritime Safety Agency aircraft in addition to the captain of all five people died.

Danish shipping giant Maersk's cargo ship Maersk Hangzhou was attacked by Yemeni rebel Youth Movement missiles in the Red Sea at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 30. For the second time in 24 hours, the Youth Movement attacked four small boats with light weapons and attempted to board the ship, and U.S. troops rushing to help opened fire from the air and sank three boats. The Al-Shabaab later confessed to the deaths of 10 rebels. This is the first deadly clash between U.S. troops and young rebels since the Youth Movement attacked merchant ships in the Red Sea.

Japan's Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, after a strong earthquake of 7.8 magnitude occurred on January 1, January 2 at about 10:00 pm, another earthquake of magnitude 5 occurred. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held an emergency response meeting, said that due to the disaster area, roads are severely damaged, increasing the difficulty of rescue, and is currently racing against time, try to go into the disaster area to save lives.

Yonhap News Agency reports that Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the United Democratic Party, was attacked while attending an event in Busan today.

At around 10:33 a.m. on the same day, when Lee Jae-myung finished his tour of the new airport and was having a question-and-answer session with reporters, a man approached him and asked for his autograph. Just as Lee was about to sign the autograph, the man took out a weapon he was carrying and swung it at Lee's neck.

At 9:00 a.m. on December 31, 2023, a patrol vessel of the Japan Coast Guard spotted four Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailing in the "neighboring area" around the southern islands of the Diaoyutai Islands and the Akao Islands, which is within the recognizable range, and this is the 352nd day of last year that they entered the neighboring area, and it is also the 10th consecutive day of spotting Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailing in the waters around the Diaoyutai Islands, which is the newest record for the past year.

Kim Jong-un revealed his policy goals for 2024 at the year-end meeting of the Workers' Party of North Korea (WPK) in 2023. In addition to vowing to launch three additional military surveillance satellites this year, he formally and openly characterized North and South Korea as "hostile, at-war relations," stating that South Korea is a colonial country that is completely dependent on the U.S. for its national defense and security, and that the two Koreas are no longer the same nation.

Russia has vigorously criticized Ukraine's "indiscriminate" attack on the Russian border city of Belgorod on 30 September, accusing Kiev of using cluster bombs that killed at least 20 people and injured hundreds more, as a crime.

According to media reports, North Korea has recently launched a series of missiles, causing tensions to rise on the Korean Peninsula. In response to a possible North Korean surprise attack, thousands of South Korean military, police and firefighters conducted a joint defense drill in Seoul on the 27th, which included maintaining power, water and communication facilities under a surprise attack. The government has also said that it will deepen South Korea's sense of crisis with the Ha war.

Upon taking office on December 10, Argentine President Javier Milei announced massive austerity and currency devaluation policies to reverse Argentina's economic woes. One of these policies was the rehiring of more than 5,000 employees hired by the previous government during the current year. According to consultancy Ieral-Fundación Mediterránea, 2.2% of Argentina's GDP is used to pay the salaries of government employees, of which there are about 350,000 in Argentina.