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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.

1.The interpellation session of the 22nd National Assembly on Tuesday was adjourned roughly two hours after it began due to sparring between rival party lawmakers and failed to resume, while the session was also canceled on Wednesday after the PPP’s filibuster in response to the DP proposing a special probe bill into Marine Corporal Chae.

2.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday announced a support measures package of 25 trillion won, or roughly 18 billion U.S. dollars, for struggling small business owners, saying providing tailored support is better than cash handouts.

3.Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and leaders from countries in the global south gathered in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for the annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

1.According to the South Korean Army on Tuesday, South Korea resumed live-fire exercises at artillery ranges near the border with North Korea for the first time in six years, following the suspension of the September 19 Military Agreement.

2.President Yoon Suk Yeol accepted the resignation of Korea Communications Commission Chairman Kim Hong-il on Tuesday, before a National Assembly vote on his impeachment.

3.Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party, or RN, scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary elections on Sunday. If the RN secures its position as the leading party following the second round of voting on July 7th, the potential shift in power is expected to send shockwaves across the European Union.

1.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that North Korea fired two ballistic missiles in a northeastern direction with one of the launches possibly failing and the missile falling inland within the country.

2.The South Korean government announced plans Monday to launch a new ministry of population strategy to address low birth rates and a rapidly aging population, which have emerged as some of the biggest challenges facing the country.

3.According to data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Monday, South Korea's exports extended on-year gains for the ninth straight month in June on the back of semiconductors, which rose 50.9 percent over the period to 13.4 billion U.S. dollars.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to meet with U.S. National Intelligence Director Avril Haines on Friday. The two sides are likely to discuss the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed between North Korea and Russia, and discuss joint efforts to counter the two countries’ growing military ties.

2.According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Friday, Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun and his U.S. counterpart, Gina Raimondo, discussed ways to expand ties in addressing supply chain and export control issues during the Supply Chain Commercial Dialogue in Washington on Thursday.

3.President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off in their first 90-minute debate of the 2024 White House race in Atlanta on Thursday night.

1.The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that North Korea successfully conducted a missile test aimed at securing multiple warhead capability, contradicting South Korea's assessment that the test is believed to have ended in failure.

2.Top industry officials of South Korea, the United States and Japan on Wednesday held their first trilateral Commerce and Industry Ministerial Meeting in Washington. The three officials stressed their shared intent to strengthen the resilience of supply chains in key sectors, including semiconductors and batteries.

3.Six-term People Power Party lawmaker Joo Ho-young has been elected as a deputy National Assembly speaker candidate for the first half of the 22nd National Assembly.

1.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea at around 5:30 a.m., but the missile exploded midair. The military said there is a possibility that the North could have test-fired a hypersonic missile.

2.Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong and head of the Korea Medical Association Lim Hyun-taek met for the first time on Wednesday while attending a parliamentary hearing on the ongoing medical crisis at the National Assembly.

3.According to data compiled by Statistics Korea on Wednesday, the number of babies born in South Korea marked on-year growth for the first time in 19 months in April, as the country is struggling to boost its ultra-low birth rate. A total of roughly 19-thousand babies were born in April this year, up 2.8 percent from a year earlier.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday denounced North Korea's sending of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea and its military cooperation with Russia as "anachronistic" acts that go against the progress in history, during an address marking the 74th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.

2.At least 23 workers, mostly Chinese nationals, were killed after a fire at a lithium battery plant in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, Monday. The foreign ministry held an emergency meeting in the wake of the fire to review measures to support the foreign victims.

3.The European Union formally launched accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday, setting the states off on a path towards membership. According to EU officials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected midweek in Brussels.

1.Former ruling People Power Party interim leader Han Dong-hoon and two other PPP politicians announced their bids for party leadership on Sunday. Representative Lee Jae-myung resigned as chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party on Monday in a step to seek another term as party leader in a national convention set for August.

2.National Security Adviser Chang Ho-jin said Sunday that South Korea will not be bound by anything with regard to its assistance to Ukraine if Russia provides North Korea with precision weapons.

3.The official Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday that at least 1,300 people have died during this year's Haji pilgrimage, which took place during intense heat, adding that most of the deceased did not have official permits.

1.South Korea on Friday summoned the top Russian envoy in Seoul to lodge a protest over a new treaty Russia signed with North Korea that calls for immediate military assistance if either is attacked. The South Korean government also said Thursday it will reconsider its stance on arms supply to Ukraine.

2.Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday the city of Gyeongju in South Korea's North Gyeongsang Province has been recommended as the host city candidate for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Confirmation is expected to be made later this month.

3.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday that South Korea will create a small modular reactor industrial complex in the city of Gyeongju and a hydrogen industrial cluster in North Gyeongsang Province to boost the local economy, during his 26th debate forum on improving people's livelihoods in Gyeongsan.