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1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sought deeper ties during their face-to-face meeting on Sunday, acknowledging their ongoing efforts to bolster security and economic cooperation. Yoon and Kishida agreed on a South Korean inspection into the wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

2. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Commissioner Jee Young-mee on Saturday, South Korea plans to lower its national crisis level for COVID-19 this month.

3. Nine people were killed  and seven others injured in a shooting at an outlet mall near Dallas, Texas on Saturday.

1. S.Korea's top office spokesperson Lee Do-woon told reporters Thursday that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would discuss issues of common interest such as security, high-tech industries, science and technology, youth exchanges, and cultural cooperation.

2. According to South Korea’s industry ministry on Friday, the government is discussing a slight increase of less than 10 won per kilowatt hour of the new electricity and gas prices for the second quarter next month.

3. In celebration of the rainy Children's Day on Friday, various activities are being held indoors, welcoming many families.

1. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, widening the rate gap with South Korea to a new high of 1.75%p. This marks the 10th consecutive rate hike since March last year.

2. According to the secretary general of Japan’s National Secretary Secretariat, Takeo Akiba, on Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that he decided to visit South Korea to return Yoon's determination aimed at moving toward a future-oriented relationship between South Korea and Japan.

3. Strong winds and about 125mm of heavy rain have been hitting Jeju Island’s mountain areas since Wednesday. That rain will gradually spread nationwide today.

1. A group of medical professionals with the exception of professional nurses on Wednesday began a collective action against the Nursing Act which was introduced last Thursday. The action began with shortening clinical and practicing hours, and holding rallies which started near the National Assembly.

2. South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service on Wednesday launched its investigation into Kiwoom Securities Co. for an alleged stock price manipulation which caused a recent sell-off caused by contract for different trading by Societe Generale Securities.

3. The secretary general of Japan’s National Secretary Secretariat, Takeo Akiba, arrived in South Korea on Wednesday to meet with his South Korean counterpart, Cho Taeyong, to prepare for the S.Korea-Japan summit slated for Sunday.

1. South Korea’s presidential office said Tuesday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will embark on a two-day visit to South Korea on May 7th to meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol.

2. According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, South Korea’s consumer prices jumped 3.7 % on year in April, rising at the slowest pace in more than a year on falling global oil prices. April’s figure is the latest signal that the inflation has receded.

3. First Republic Bank’s 84 branches in 8 different states reopened on Monday as branches of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as regulators sold most of its operations to JP Morgan Chase Bank to stem the spread of the banking crisis in the U.S.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee returned home on Sunday to South Korea from Yoon’s state visit to the United States.

2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Seoul this month to consolidate the cooperation between South Korea, US, and Japan. The two countries will both announce the specific date of the meeting on Tuesday.

3. According to South Korea’s industry ministry on Monday, South Korea's exports dropped for the 7th consecutive month by 13.3% in April, driven by falling global demand for semiconductors.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday delivered a 43-minute address in English to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, emphasizing the cooperation of South Korea and the United States. During his address he uttered the word, “freedom”, 46 times.

2. The National Assembly on Thursday passed motions designating two special investigation proposals as "fast-track" bills. One of them is on bribery suspicions involving the Dae Jang-dong development scandal and the other is on stock manipulation allegations involving first lady Kim Keon Hee.

3. According to data from Statistics Korea on Thursday, South Korea’s industrial output grew 1.6% on-month in March, and the nation’s retail sales increased 0.4% over the same period.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden released a joint statement after their summit in Washington on Wednesday that outlines the future cooperation of the two nations. It states that the next 70 years of the South Korea-U.S. alliance “will be the brightest yet”.

2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a joint statement dubbed the "Washington Declaration", which is aimed at strengthening extended deterrence against North Korea's evolving threats.

3. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had their first phone call on Wednesday. During the call, Xi promised to dispatch a “special envoy” to Ukraine and other countries for talks about a possible “political settlement”.

1. South Korean President Yoon said with NBC regarding the provision of lethal weapons to Ukraine on Tuesday that South Korea will not ignoreUkraine when it’s the right time to help them.

2. U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally declared his reelection bid for 2024 which is poised to see a re-match between Biden and Trump. This announcement came just a day before the South Korea-U.S. Summit.

3. According to the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday, British American Tobacco has agreed to pay $635 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a scheme to circumvent U.S. sanctions on North Korea and sell tobacco products to Pyongyang.

1. A U.S. streaming service, Netflix, announced on Monday that it will invest 2.5 billion USD in South Korea over the next 4 years to produce Korean TV shows and movies. This announcement came after the meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos in Washington.

2. A South Korean military aircraft carrying 28 nationals from Sudan have arrived in South Korea on Tuesday. The KC-330 tanker transport plane landed in Seoul Air Base, capping the carefully coordinated mission involving elite forces from Army, Air Force, Navy and front-line diplomats.

3. According to the Bank of Korea, South Korea’s economy grew 0.3% in the first quarter compared to the previous quarter, avoiding a recession in the first quarter thanks to the increased domestic demand. A recession is defined by two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.