1. Former Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday during an election campaign in the western city of Nara, and has reportedly passed away. Police said that the suspected shooter had served in the Japanese military.
2. The Yoon government tentatively confirmed on Friday to carry out a large-scale restructuring by shrinking the number of presidential committees to 7 from 20, with an expected reduction of 25 billion won yearly.
3. The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in South Korea tallied 19-thousand 3-hundred 23 on Friday. The authorities asked to stay vigilant, saying that the country is now seeing a resurgence of COVID-19.
