1. South Korea was elected to the UN Security Council on Tuesday as a non-permanent member, winning the support of more than two-thirds of the UN General Assembly. The two-year term kicks off at the start of next year. This marks the country's return to the UNSC after 11 years.
2. Japan has started releasing seawater into an underwater tunnel built to release the contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean according to the country’s local media on Tuesday.
3. According to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report released Tuesday, the latest global growth outlook for this year has been set at 2.1%, up from 1.7% of the previous report in January. It also raised concerns over the possibility of a further economic slowdown caused by stress in the banking sector.
