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1. During his Memorial Day speech, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday South Korea will not sit idle against North Korea's "despicable" provocations and vowed to protect people through robust military readiness and a strong alliance with the United States.

2. A North Korean defectors' group said Thursday it has sent about 10 large plastic balloons carrying 200-thousand flyers criticizing the North Korean regime, dollar bills, and USB sticks loaded with K-pop and trot music, across the border.

3. During a meeting with leading international news agencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he highly appreciates South Korea's position not to directly supply weapons to Ukraine, and that Moscow is ready to restore relations with Seoul.

1.Five-term main opposition Democratic Party lawmaker Woo Won-shik was elected as the Parliamentary Speaker for the first half of the 22nd National Assembly on Wednesday. Woo was elected with 189 votes in favor out of 192 present with ruling PPP boycotting the vote.

2.According to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea on Wednesday, South Korea's real gross domestic product increased 1.3 percent on-quarter in the January-March period, matching an earlier estimate, as recovery in exports continued and private spending remained firm.

3.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday that South Korea will establish a critical mineral partnership with major African nations to develop resources on the continent in a "mutually beneficial" way. President Yoon made the remark during a business summit held on the second day of the Korea-Africa Summit.

1.The inaugural summit between South Korea and African nations kicked off Tuesday. President Yoon Suk Yeol said South Korea aims to expand trade and investment with Africa through agreements such as Economic Partnership Agreements and Trade and Investment Promotion Frameworks.

2.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday endorsed a motion calling for the full suspension of a 2018 inter-Korean tension reduction pact, allowing South Korea to resume military training near the border and restart loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts towards the North.

3.South Korea’s Health Minister said Tuesday hospitals are allowed to accept resignations of trainee doctors. He added that the government withdrew a return-to-work order for trainee doctors and will halt an administrative step to punish them if they return to hospitals.

1.In an interview with AFP published Sunday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he hopes to lay the foundation for comprehensive cooperation with African nations, including the exchange of information related to critical minerals, technological collaboration and joint exploration.

2.South Korean police said Sunday they have received over 800 reports related to trash-filled balloons sent by North Korea. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff added that North Korea continued jamming GPS signals for five straight days. In response, the presidential National Security Council decided Monday to suspend the 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction pact.

3.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that a potentially massive oil and gas reserve could be buried off the southeast city of Pohang and drilling will begin later this year to determine whether it is real.

1. President Yoon Suk Yeol held talks with Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Friday to discuss ways to boost trade and investment between the two countries. The Sierra Leone President is in Seoul to attend the Korea-Africa summit scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

2. South Korea's military said Friday that North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks in waters near South Korea's northwestern border islands for a third straight day in the latest in a series of provocative acts this week.

3. Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. A panel of 12 Manhattan jurors unanimously convicted him just after 5pm local time on Thursday, with sentencing now set for July 11.

1. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles at 6:14 a.m. into the East Sea. The provocation came just a day after the North sent hundreds of large balloons carrying trash and manure into the South.

2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday adopted a joint statement pledging to invest more in each other's countries and urging North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons.

3. The 22nd National Assembly began its four-year term on Thursday. The National Assembly will hold its first plenary session next Wednesday to elect a new speaker.

1. South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement freeing up trade between the two countries after President Yoon Suk Yeol and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held summit talks in Seoul.

2. During an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the government promulgated the amendment to the Sewol Victim Support Act, but approved motions demanding the Assembly reconsider four other bills. All five bills were passed by the opposition-controlled National Assembly on Tuesday.

3. According to Palestinian medical officials and the official Palestinian news agency on Tuesday, twenty-one Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes on an area of tents housing displaced people in the designated humanitarian area west of Rafah.

1.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that engine combustion problems are behind North Korea's botched spy satellite launch made Monday. The latest launch came just hours after leaders of South Korea, Japan, and China held a trilateral summit in Seoul.

2.United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan made a state visit to South Korea on Tuesday to discuss ways to expand cooperation in energy, defense and other areas. The UAE president is set to hold summit talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday.

3.During the final session of the 21st National Assembly on Tuesday, a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military's response to a Marine's death last year failed to pass a revote after it was vetoed by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier this month.

1. Leaders of South Korea, Japan and China reaffirmed their commitment to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula during their summit in Seoul on Monday. The three sides also agreed to regularize their three-way meeting.

2. Kyodo News reported Monday, citing Japan's coast guard, that North Korea has notified Japan of a plan to launch a space rocket carrying a satellite between Monday and midnight of June 3. The notice on the eight-day window came just before the trilateral summit between South Korea, Japan, and China.

3. The Korea AeroSpace Administration, or KASA, officially launched on Monday to devise South Korea's space policy and foster the growth of the country's space industry. KASA opened with around 100 employees at the temporary office building in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province.

1. South Korea on Friday imposed independent sanctions on seven North Koreans and two Russian vessels for engaging in illicit weapons and fuel trade with Russia and other activities in violation of U.N. sanctions.

2. The Korean Council for University Education on Friday approved an increase in next year's medical school admission quota, finalizing the first such hike in 27 years aimed at addressing medical service shortages in rural areas and essential medical fields.

3. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday approved a rule change that would pave the way for ETFs that buy and hold ether, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrencies. The decision comes less than six months after the SEC approved bitcoin ETFs.