1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday named Lee Jin-sook as new chief of the Korea Communications Commission. {김완섭}Kim Wan-sup, who previously served as the second vice finance minister, was named as the minister of environment.

2.Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on Thursday called for proactive and preemptive responses during a meeting of ministers, to prevent possible massive changes in external circumstances from affecting South Korean exports so as to maintain economic recovery momentum.

3.Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is coordinating a four-way summit with South Korea, Australia and New Zealand on the sidelines of the NATO summit next week.