1. In regards to the South Korea-Japan summit, the ruling party gave a positive evaluation, stating that a new era of mutual prosperity between the two countries have opened, while the opposition party criticized the meeting as "the most humiliating moment" in the country's diplomatic history.
2. South Korea's finance ministry said Friday that the country continues to experience an economic slowdown amid sluggish exports and a slowdown in the recovery of domestic demand due to the tightening of monetary policy.
3. According to South Korea's industry ministry Friday, the latest acts announced by the European Union on critical raw materials and net-zero goals do not contain discriminatory clauses against foreign companies, unlike the United States' Inflation Reduction Act.
