1. During the sixth formal hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial on Thursday, Army Colonel Kim Hyun-tae testified he had been ordered to seal off and secure the National Assembly building during martial law. Former chief of the Army Special Warfare Command Kwak Jong-keun is also set to testify.

2. According to data from the Bank of Korea on Thursday, South Korea's current account surplus for 2024 came to 99-point-04 billion U.S. dollars, the second-largest in the country's history. For the month of December, the nation logged a current account surplus of 12-point-37 billion dollars.

3. According to a UN human rights report Wednesday, North Korea’s human rights violations have intensified, with defectors testifying that authorities conduct warrantless home searches and hold public trials, sometimes leading to executions.

1. The National Assembly’s Special Committee investigating impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection charges on Wednesday visited the Seoul Eastern Detention Center to interrogate former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, but failed to do so after Kim refused.

2. According to data from Statistics Korea on Wednesday, South Korea’s Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent on-year in January. The agency attributed the increase to rising energy prices and the depreciation of the Korean won, which drove up major import costs.

3. U.S. President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip and develop it, claiming it would become the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump unveiled his surprise plan during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

1. Two former military commanders and a former intelligence official testified Tuesday at President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial. This marked the trial’s fifth formal hearing.

2. U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Monday to pause anticipated impositions of tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month. The last-minute agreement came amid growing fears of higher U.S. consumer prices, supply chain disruptions and other repercussions for the world economy.

3. South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that recruitment has begun for the first half of this year’s internship program, targeting 2-thousand-967 individuals who resigned from their internship positions last year or declined their appointments following the medical crisis.

1. The Constitutional Court postponed its ruling Monday on the constitutionality of acting President Choi Sang-mok's decision to withhold the appointment of a ninth justice, Ma Eun-hyuk, who was recommended by the opposition, to the bench.

2. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered 25% tariffs on Mexican and most Canadian imports and 10% on goods from China, starting on Tuesday, kicking off a trade war that could dent global growth and reignite inflation.

3. Roughly 89-thousand artifacts at the National Hangeul Museum in central Seoul will be temporarily relocated to other state-run museums, following a fire that affected the third and fourth floors of the building on Saturday.

1. Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday demanded the National Assembly reconsider an opposition-proposed bill that calls for a special counsel probe into President Yoon Suk Yeol on his failed martial law attempt last month.

2. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico from Saturday, while leaving open the possibility that oil imports could be exempted.

3. Seoul's defense ministry said Friday that South Korea's acting Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho and new U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held their first phone call and reaffirmed the steadfast alliance between the two nations.

1. An Air Busan passenger plane bound for Hong Kong caught fire at Gimhae International Airport earlier this week on Tuesday, in the country's southern city of Busan before takeoff. All 176 people on board were safely evacuated using an escape slide, though seven suffered minor injuries.

2. The Korean Central News Agency reported last Sunday that North Korea test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, in the first missile launch since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.

3. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate steady at the 4.25 to 4.50 percent range, less than a week after President Donald Trump said he would demand rate reductions.

1. According to legal sources on Friday, the special prosecution team investigating the martial law filed a request with the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday to extend President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention period until February 6.

2. According to a survey conducted last year by the unification ministry, nearly 76 percent of South Koreans who registered with the government having separated families in North Korea responded that they were unable to confirm whether their relatives in the North were alive.

3. U.S. President Donald Trump said during a Fox News interview broadcast Thursday, that he will reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again, a remark that raised the prospects for the resumption of his summit diplomacy with the reclusive leader.

1. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials said Thursday that it has transferred President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law case to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, to indict Yoon on charges of insurrection and abuse of power in connection with his botched martial law move on December 3.

2. According to data from the Bank of Korea on Thursday, South Korea's real gross domestic product expanded two percent in 2024 from a year earlier, amid slowing export growth, sagging domestic demand and a political crisis.

3. South Korea‘s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul held his first phone call with new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The two reportedly agreed to maintain close cooperation on North Korea's nuclear issues.

1. Investigators arrived at the Seoul Detention Center on Wednesday to make their third attempt to forcibly bring in President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his failed martial law bid. The CIO is considering questioning Yoon at the detention center if their repeated attempts fail.

2. According to the Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute on Wednesday, only 269 people passed the National Medical Examination this year, which is 8.7 percent of last year's figure.

3. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is considering imposing a 10% tariff on imports of Chinese-made goods as soon as February 1st. Trump also vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs.

1. President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared for the first time at his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, speaking of his long-held belief in "liberal democracy" and asking the bench to consider him favorably.

2. Donald Trump took office as the United States' 47th president on Monday, renewing his vow to "put America first" and tariff foreign countries to enrich Americans, while signaling an intent to refrain from military involvement in conflicts overseas.

3. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Tuesday, the concentration of fine dust across the country, excluding Jeju Island, reached "bad" levels.