1. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday received the first government policy report of the year and said the ban on stock short selling will remain in place until measures are devised to resolve short selling's harmful effects on retail investors.
2. The South Korean Army said Thursday that South Korea and the United States held their first joint training of the year by staging a live-fire exercise near the border with North Korea to bolster their joint combat readiness.
3. At least 95 people have been killed by two explosions near the burial site of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the U.S. The Iranian Health Minister revised the death toll down to 95 from 103 Thursday and said 211 people had been injured.
