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1. The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation announced that the annual College Scholastic Ability Test, often called "suneung" in Korean, will take place on November 16.

2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s new vice ministers and anti-corruption commissioner took office on Monday with an inauguration ceremony at the Yongsan Presidential Office. The presidential office announced two minister-level and 13 vice minister-level appointments Thursday.

3. More than 700 people were arrested nationwide in France on the 5th straight night of nationwide violence on Saturday, sparked by the police killing of a teenager of North African descent last Tuesday.

1. Days of torrential rain killed a 14 month old baby when her home was hit by a landslide in Yeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province early Friday morning. The city saw more than 230 millimeters of rain through Thursday night and Friday morning

2. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6 to 3 that U.S colleges and universities can no longer apply affirmative action as a specific basis for granting admission, meaning race can no longer be taken into consideration in tertiary-level applications.

3. Three South Korean musicians–Kim Gye-hee in violin, Lee Young-eun in cello, and Son Ji-hoon in the voice category–won first prizes at the International Tchaikovsky Competition which is held once every four years.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday named Kim Yung-ho as the new unification minister and Olympic weightlifting gold medalist, Jang Mi-ran, for vice culture minister in a reshuffle, also affecting one other ministerial post and 11 other vice ministers.

2. South Korea’s Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho and his Japanese counterpart Shunichi Suzuki held a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, and agreed to restart the currency swap agreement that expired back in 2015.

3. Heavy monsoon rain is soaking central parts of the country, dropping up to 60 millimeters an hour of downpours into tonight. The monsoonal front has been moving south, pounding down on southern regions from this afternoon into tomorrow.

1. Starting Wednesday, South Korea is scrapping its unique way of counting age as the country adopts the global standard system. However, South Koreans can buy cigarettes and alcohol from the year and not the day they turn 19.

2. South Korea’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that the government slapped sanctions on a Russian national of Korean descent, Choi Chon Gon, for helping North Korea in its illicit financial activities.

3. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday has begun a 3-day mandatory safety inspection of all equipment needed for the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

1. The South Korean government decided on Tuesday to provide all elementary, middle and high schools with 24 million won or 18,474 USD each to alleviate the burden of air-conditioning bills.

2. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said that he had let the mutiny caused by Wagner’s mercenary group on Saturday proceed as long as it did to avoid bloodshed while Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin said he never intended to overthrow the government.

3. The Japanese government on Tuesday during a cabinet meeting approved a motion to revise an administrative order on trade, adding South Korea back to its whitelist of preferential trading partners after about 4 years.

1. South Korea’s Education Minister Lee Ju-ho on Monday announced that the government will cut the vicious cycle of killer questions in exams which leads to the country’s excessive spending on private education.

2. The forces from the Wagner Group, a private army led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, advanced within 200 km to the capital Moscow but turned back on Saturday, de-escalating a major threat to President Vladimir Putin's power.

3. Marking the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War on Sunday. President Yoon Suk Yeol said at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History that neither the devastation caused by the war nor the veterans from South Korea and the U.S should be forgotten.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Vietnamese counterpart Vo Van Thuong agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation against North Korea's nuclear threat while expanding economic ties. Yoon also agreed to provide Vietnam with 4 billion dollars in soft loans by 2030 as part of official development assistance.

2. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs this Friday announced to hold an event commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War on June 25th. (Also on the Korean Peninsula) North Korea started its annual mass rally against the U.S. on Thursday.

3. U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday downplayed the impact of his recent comments comparing Chinese President Xi Jinping to a dictator, saying at a news conference that the remarks he made did not undermine Washington's relationship with Beijing.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol kicked off his state visit in Vietnam this Thursday. He is accompanied by a 205-member business delegation–the largest ever for an overseas presidential trip, since Yoon took office.

2. The education ministry on Wednesday revealed a plan to adopt a credit system in high schools from 2025 to improve the competitiveness of public education. The ministry, however, decided to maintain the relative grading system for subjects in the first year of high school.

3. The United States and European countries on Wednesday announced billions of dollars in new recovery assistance to Ukraine, aimed at addressing the destruction caused by Russia’s invasion.

1. President Yoon Suk-yeol gave a 30-minute presentation to boost South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan at the BIE general assembly in Paris on Tuesday. He ended the presentation with the bid slogan, “Busan is ready.”

2. An international tribunal ordered South Korea to pay tens of millions of dollars to U.S. hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, marking an end to a legal battle dating back to 2015.

3. The Korea Electric Power Corporation said Wednesday that it decided to keep the fuel cost-adjusted rate at 5 won per kilowatt hour for the July-September period amid public concerns over soaring electricity prices.

1. President Yoon Suk Yeol is scheduled to hold a summit with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and boost South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan at the BIE General Assembly this Tuesday.

2. Failed crypto entrepreneur, Do Kwon, on Monday has been sentenced to 4 months in prison in Montenegro for passport forgery.

3. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a meeting in Beijing, during which the two agreed on the need to stabilize U.S.-China ties. However, it remains to be seen whether the two sides can resolve long-standing issues involving Taiwan, trade, and human rights.