1. About half a million students in South Korea took the College Scholastic Ability Test on Thursday. The head of the exam board previously said the 2024 CSAT was designed to ensure fairness without extremely difficult questions, or the so-called “killer questions.”

2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday called for enhancing the connectivity of the world economy in areas that include trade and supply chains, during a keynote speech delivered at the APEC CEOs Summit in San Francisco.

3. A United Nations General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 19th consecutive year. The passage comes amid growing concern for the safety of North Korean defectors who are reportedly forcibly repatriated from China.