1. Seoul's Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup and his US and Japanese counterparts, Lloyd Austin and Yasukazu Hamada, held a three-way talks on Saturday in Singapore during which the three defense chiefs agreed to establish a real-time data warning sharing system on North Korean missiles.
2. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs is boosted in its status from sub-ministry to full-fledged ministry level as of Monday. Meanwhile, the Overseas Koreans Agency was launched in Incheon City on the same day.
3. South Korean baritone Kim Tae-han won the Queen Elisabeth Competition for voice in Belgium on Saturday, becoming the first Asian male singer to win the competition. The Queen Elisabeth Competition is one of the world’s three most prestigious classical music contests.
