1. The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Thursday that the regime kicked off a key Workers’ Party meeting on Wednesday with leader Kim Jong-un presiding over the session.

2. President Yoon appears to have broken away from his predecessors in terms of communication style... and has put much efforts for a stronger Seoul-Washington alliance, economy and social integration.

3. The number of new COVID-19 cases in South Korea tallied 12-thousand 1-hundred-61 on Thursday. Meanwhile, the number of critically ill patients and the deaths stood at 1-hundred-6, and 18 respectively.