1. South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases hit an all time high at 621-thousand 3-hundred 28 on Thursday. 429 people lost their lives due to COVID-19 virus.

2. Yoon may move S. Korea's presidential office from Blue House to Yongsan

3. The U.S. central bank raised the interest rates by 0.25 percentage point today, signaling other hikes at the remaining six meetings this year. Experts analyzed that the Bank of Korea will be pressured to raise the interest rates two to three times accordingly.

4. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on U.S president Joe Biden to be a leader of peace, in his speech to Congress on Wednesday.