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1. The U.S Fed announced on Wednesday that it decided to raise 0.5 percentage point on the benchmark rates, after holding a two-day FOMC meeting. 

2. Chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan denounced North Korea’s recent provocation on Wednesday and urged the North to return to dialogue. 

3. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday that it will proceed with a law that guarantees children’s rights, including the right to play. 

4. South Korea saw 42-thousand 2-hundred-96 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, with 79 of the deaths and 4-hundred-41 in severe conditions.

1. The Joint Chief of Staff stated on Wednesday that North Korea launched a ballistic missile off of the East Sea this afternoon. The missile flew 470 km at a top of altitude of 780 km. 

2. The National Assembly on Wednesday adopted a confirmation hearing report on Economy and Finance minister nominee Choo Kyung-ho.

3. With 49-thousand and 64 new COVID-19 infections reported on Wednesday in South Korea, the authorities said it will support building an infrastructure for working from home.

1.President Moon Jae-in officially declared the prosecution reform act was passed, after having reviewed the two bills comprising the act during his final cabinet meeting on Tuesday. 

2.Top nuclear envoys for South Korea and China met in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss North Korea’s growing threats. The two sides reaffirmed close cooperation for peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.

3. According to Monday's report from the New York Times, a Ukrainian official outlined intentional ambiguity in reference to strikes inside Russia.

4.South Korea saw 51-thousand 1-hundred-31 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, with 49 of the deaths and 4-hundred-17 in severe conditions. 

1. South Korea lifted the outdoor mask mandate starting from today. Meanwhile, the number of new COVID-19 cases stands at 20-thousand-84.  

2. President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol announced on Sunday that his presidential office will be reorganized into two offices and five secretariats. Former vice foreign minister Kim Sung-han was appointed as the head of the National Security Office. 

3. South Korean embassy officials in Ukraine returned to Kyiv to resume operations, after two months of evacuation amid the Russian invasion. 

1. South Korea saw 50-thousand 5-hundred-68 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. The authorities announced that it will lift the outdoor mask mandate starting from next Monday.

2. Korea Institute for National Unification analyzed on Thursday in a report, that the latest military parade in North Korea was the largest in scale in five years, with 26 different types of weapons identified, and 20-thousand participating.

3. U.S president Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday for $33 billion to further aid Ukraine in war. Biden also said that the U.S will cooperate with several nations, including South Korea to solve the gas crisis in Europe.

1. President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S president Joe Biden will hold their first summit in Seoul on May 21 to discuss strengthening “comprehensive and strategic alliance” between the two countries.  

2. Samsung Electronics recorded its best first-quarter sales with 18.95% increase on-year at 77.7 trillion won on Thursday. SK hynix also made the best performance for the first-quarter with about 12 trillion won in revenue. 

3. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that Poland and Bulgaria are now receiving gas from EU neighbor countries, denouncing Russian gas firm Gazprom’s gas cut off.

4. South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases tallied 57-thousand 4-hundred-64 on Thursday. While, the number of the deaths stood at 1-hundred-12.

1. The Biden administration on Tuesday reaffirmed its will for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s remarks in strengthening the regime’s nuclear capacities. 

2. Russian gas giant Gazprom stopped supplying gas to so-called “unfriendly” countries, including Poland and Bulgaria as of Wednesday. Meanwhile, over 40 nations gathered in Germany to discuss Ukraine’s defense.  

3. South Korea tallied 76-thousand 7-hundred-87 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The number of critically ill patients and the death toll stood at 5-hundred-46, and 1-hundred-41 respectively. 

1. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Monday that its nuclear forces must be ready to exercise, if any force seeks to intrude on the fundamental interests of North Korea.  

2. President Moon Jae-in hosted a final press conference as the president on Monday, as his five-year presidency term comes to end on May 9th.

3. The country's gross domestic product is estimated to have grown 0.7 percent-on-quarter in the January-March period, according to the data from the Band of Korea(BOK).

4. President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s delegation to Japan delivered Yoon’s handwritten letter to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday. The two parties also agreed on the need to seek “shared interests”.

5. South Korea reported 80,361 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, with 82 deaths over the past 24 hours. The death toll has dropped into double digits for the first time in 55 days.

1. President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team announced today that it decided to relocate a presidential residence to the official residence of foreign minister. 

2. North Korea has not yet held a military parade today to celebrate the 90th anniversary of founding the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army. 

3. South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections stood at 34-thousand 3-hundred-70 on Monday, dropping to the 30-thousands for the first time in 76 days. Meanwhile, authorities downgraded COVID-19 infectious disease level to the second tier. 

1. The Moon administration said Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in his recent letter to president Moon Jae-in that inter-Korean relations can be improved if both sides make sincere efforts.

2. The South Korean government took issue with Japan’s repeated claim over the islet Dokdo on Friday. The Foreign ministry urged Japan to retract the “unjust” territorial rights claim swiftly.

3. Global credit appraiser Moody’s investor service on Thursday kept South Korea’s sovereign credit rating at ‘Aa2’, with a ‘stable’ outlook.

4. South Korea's new Covid-19 cases marked 81 thousand - 58 on Friday. The figure stayed below 100-thousand for the second straight day.