1. According to North Korea’s state-led Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the launch of a military spy satellite after he paid a visit to the National Space Development Agency.
2. Speaking to Reuters in an exclusive interview, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for the first time expressed a willingness to provide weapons to Ukraine, marking a change in Seoul's position on providing lethal aid to Kyiv ahead of the S.Korea-U.S. summit.
3. The EU agreed on Tuesday to a 47 billion U.S. dollar plan for its semiconductor industry, in a move to catch up to both the U.S. and Asia, while reducing its dependency on regions outside the bloc for its semiconductor needs.
