1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to make the 2030 World Expo a platform to spread and create synergy between each nation’s culture, skills and beliefs if Busan is chosen as the host.
2. Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday the top diplomats of South Korea, China, and Japan will hold trilateral talks in Busan on Sunday. The gathering is expected to focus on ways to boost trilateral cooperation along with other regional and global issues.
3. Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas started a four-day truce on Friday at 7AM. The truce involves a ceasefire in north and south Gaza, the release of a first group of 13 Israeli women and child hostages later in the day, and aid to flow into the enclave.
