1. South Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Gunn, and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Sung Kim and Takehiro Funakoshi on Thursday held phone consultations on North Korea’s provocations, following the firing of North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the East Sea earlier in the day.
2. The South Korean government announced on Wednesday that students with a history of bullying will have their disciplinary records reflected in the regular college admissions process starting from the year 2026.
3. South Korea reported an additional case of the mpox which is formerly known as monkeypox virus on Thursday, bringing the county's total to nine.
