1. Ahead of the S.Korea-U.S. summit slated for next week, tensions between South Korea and China, and South Korea and Russia are escalating. This follows South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s remarks regarding Taiwan and provision of lethal aid to Ukraine.
2. South Korea will decide on the new electricity and gas prices for the second quarter next month. This announcement came on Friday after the South Korean government once again failed to reach an agreement with the National Assembly on the new rates of utility bills.
3. According to the defense ministry on Friday, South Korea has decided to dispatch military transport aircraft to evacuate its nationals in Sudan. The ongoing conflict in Sudan killed more than 330 people and injured 3200 others.
