1. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday vetoed two opposition-led special investigation proposals, one of which involves allegations against first lady Kim Keon Hee. The Presidential Office called the opposition party's unilateral passage of the two special counsel bills "evil laws meant for the general elections."
2. South Korea's finance ministry said Thursday it expects the country's economy to grow 2.2 percent this year on the back of a rebound in the semiconductor cycle and a recovery of exports. Inflation is projected to be 2.6 percent in 2024.
3. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that North Korea fired some 200 artillery shells into waters off its western coast Friday morning. The shells fell into the maritime buffer zone north of the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
