1. South Korea's top security advisor,  Kim Sung-han, said on Thursday, after he met with his US and Japan counterparts in Hawaii and said that the three countries will maximize cooperation in a way that will make North Korea realize that it’ll clearly be the "wrong decision" to conduct a 7th nuclear test.

2. UN nuclear experts, including Rafael Grossi, made their first inspection of the Zaporizhzhia power plant currently occupied by Russian forces on Thursday local time despite delays caused by shelling in the area.

3. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Friday, typhoon Hinnamnor is expected to hit S. Korea along the southern coastal areas in Jeju Island and South Gyeongsang-do Province on Tuesday morning.