1. South Korea on Thursday lowered its crisis level for COVID-19 and announced that the 7-day quarantine will no longer be required from June.
2. According to Japan's Sankei Shimbun daily on Thursday, Japan is planning to hold a bilateral summit with South Korea, and a trilateral summit with South Korea and the U.S. on May 21 which is the last day of the G7 summit in Hiroshima.
3. According to the Cultural Heritage Administration on Thursday, The Gaya Tumuli, which is the seven tomb clusters from Korea's ancient Gaya confederacy, has been recommended for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
