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1. The U.N. Security Council held closed-door consultations on North Korea-related issues on Thursday in New York, amid tensions heightened by Pyongyang's recent claim of launching a hypersonic missile and its hardening rhetoric against Seoul.

2. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Friday that it will implement an emergency quarantine system ahead of next month's Lunar New Year holiday in response to outbreaks of norovirus and respiratory infections.

3. U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen will continue as the group’s attacks on Red Sea shipping have not halted.