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1.The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it kept the 2024 growth outlook for South Korea unchanged at 2.5 percent amid a stable global economic expansion. The IMF also maintained its growth forecast for South Korea next year at 2.2 percent.

2.Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Wednesday vowed to make efforts to resolve a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors throughout talks with a consultative body comprising ruling, opposition parties and the medical community.

3.According to an analysis by the intelligence unit at South Korea's defense ministry on Wednesday, North Korea is estimated to have secured enough wartime supplies, including weapons, to last a maximum of three months.