1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee embarked on a state visit to the United States on Monday. The summit between South Korea and the U.S. is slated for Wednesday this week.
2. Former chair of the main opposition Democratic Party, Song Young-gil said on Sunday in Paris that he will try to solve the issue quietly. Song left Paris to return home to undergo a prosecution probe on the alleged distribution of illicit money to lawmakers before an election for a new Democratic Party leader in 2021.
3. Countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom evacuated their diplomats and citizens from Sudan on Sunday while South Korea began the evacuation of 28 Korean nationals from the conflict-hit nation.
