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1. Subway and ferry services on Thursday are suspended and roads are closed across the country, including the capital region, due to torrential rain. The number of people temporarily evacuated due to heavy rain has also increased to 901.

2. The Czech government on Wednesday picked South Korea's state-run nuclear power agency as the preferred bidder to build two new nuclear power units, a project currently valued at $17.3 billion.

3. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday nominated Seoul National University Professor Yoo Sang-im as the candidate for Minister of Science and ICT and also appointed three new deputy ministerial positions across different ministries.

1. National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik on Wednesday proposed the parliament come up with a bill to revise the Constitution with the aim of holding a national referendum in 2026 and invited President Yoon Suk Yeol to hold talks with the National Assembly to discuss the amendment.

2. Torrential downpour hit Seoul and northern Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday, triggering emergency alerts and commuter chaos. According to the state weather agency, a heavy rain watch was issued across 10 cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi Province.

3. According to a federal court in New York City on Tuesday, a former Korean-American CIA specialist, Sue Mi Terry, has been formally charged for allegedly working as an unregistered agent for South Korea's intelligence service in exchange for luxury goods and other gifts.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that South Korea's alliance with the United States has been elevated to a "nuclear-based" one capable of deterring the North's nuclear threats. Yoon added that the joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, signed last week, has established a structure to “respond swiftly and effectively to any kind of North Korean nuclear threat."

2.South Korea’s automobile exports hit another record high of $37 billion in the first half of the year driven by climbing sales of high-margin hybrid cars and SUVs.

3.Former US President Trump was officially nominated on Monday as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate alongside his vice presidential pick, Ohio Senator JD Vance, at the Republican National Convention.

1.Former US President Donald Trump was targeted in an assassination attempt on Saturday, local time, while delivering a rally speech in Butler, Pennsylvania. The attack left one person dead and two others critically injured.

2.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Sunday that South Korea will "spare no diplomatic ef

fort" to prevent the forced repatriation of North Korean defectors overseas during the commemoration of the inaugural North Korean Defectors' Day.

3.Trainee doctors appeared to have shown little signs of returning to work, despite the deadline set by the government calling on training hospitals to confirm their decisions on junior doctors’ resignation letters by Monday.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Thursday that any North Korean nuclear attack against South Korea will be met with a "swift, overwhelming and decisive" response, as they highlighted "tremendous" progress in their joint deterrence efforts.

2.South Korea strongly protested on Friday after Japan restated its false territorial claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo in its latest defense white paper, urging it to drop the unjustified claims.

3.South Korea set next year’s minimum wage at 10,030 won ($7.70) per hour on Friday, marking the first time the rate has exceeded the 10,000 won threshold.

1.NATO leaders on Wednesday "strongly" condemned North Korea's weapons exports to Russia and voiced "great concern" over the two countries' deepening partnership in a summit declaration. Meanwhile, President Yoon Suk Yeol held talks with the leaders of seven countries on the sidelines.

2.South Korea's central bank left its key rate unchanged at 3.5% for the 12th straight session on Thursday amid high household debt and moderating inflation.

3.South Korea has filed a suit to reverse an international tribunal's recent order to pay US$32 million in compensation to U.S. hedge fund Mason Capital over a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates.

1.The Nato summit opened on Wednesday with U.S. President Joe Biden’s welcoming speech, where he reassured the allies that the military alliance “is more powerful than ever.” President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to arrive in Washington to join the summit on Wednesday and Thursday.

2.The government on Wednesday unveiled a set of guidelines loosening class requirements for medical students to help them avoid failing semesters. Many medical students have been collectively boycotting classes since February in protest against the government's increase of the medical school admissions quota.

3.Record torrential rainfall battered South Korea's southern regions Wednesday, leaving five people dead and one missing. Gunsan, in Jeollabuk-do province, received a whopping 131.7 millimeters of rain within a one-hour span early Wednesday morning, the heaviest hourly downpour on record.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday again vetoed a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military's response to a Marine's death last year, the second time he did so in less than two months.

2.President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Hawaii on Monday and visited the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and laid wreaths in honor of veterans who fought in the Korean War. He is set to arrive in Washington, DC, for the NATO Summit on Wednesday.

3.A Russian missile strike partially destroyed a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the daytime aerial assault on targets in cities across Ukraine killed at least 37 people and injured 170 others.

1.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to embark on a trip to the United States to attend the NATO summit in Washington. President Yoon will stop in Hawaii on Monday and Tuesday ahead of the summit, and arrive in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.

2.The Gyeongbuk National Police Agency announced the results of the investigation into the death of Marine Corporal Chae’s after nearly a year. The police decided not to charge Lim Seong-geun, the commander of the Marine Corps 1st Division, and only referred six other military officers to the prosecution for indictment.

3.Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics launched their first-ever strike Monday, demanding higher pay and warning of potential further action if the country's largest conglomerate does not meet their demands.

1.The National Assembly Speaker’s office announced on Thursday that the opening ceremony of the 22nd National Assembly, that was originally scheduled for Friday, has been postponed, adding that the new schedule for the event will be disclosed at a later date.

2.According to data released by the Bank of Korea on Friday, South Korea logged the largest current account surplus in May, reaching eight-point-92 billion U.S. dollars, to hit a 32 month high on the back of a rise in the trade surplus and increased dividend income.

3.The U.K.'s opposition Labour Party won a huge parliamentary majority in the country's general election, unseating the incumbent Conservatives after 14 years. Keir Starmer, who will become the country's next Prime Minister, said "change begins now" as he declared victory.