1. In an interview with Uzbekistan’s state media on Thursday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he plans to enhance South Korea’s reciprocal and future-oriented cooperation with Uzbekistan, and will seek ways to strengthen economic ties through partnership in mineral supply chains and cutting-edge technologies.
2. The UN Security Council on Wednesday held a meeting to discuss North Korea’s worsening human rights condition, with South Korea’s Ambassador to the UN Hwang Joon-kook presiding as rotating president.
3. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady for the seventh straight time and projected one rate cut perhaps as late as December, as it noted “modest further progress” towards its two percent inflation target.
