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1. South Korea on Wednesday unveiled the details of its Indo-Pacific strategy which emphasizes the importance of boosting freedom, peace and prosperity through a rules-based order and cooperation on human rights.

2. According to South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT on Wednesday, the nation’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri successfully entered the moon’s orbit on Tuesday. This success comes after three rounds of lunar orbit insertion maneuvers.

3. Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Tuesday to ban the sales of oil to countries that agreed to put a price cap on Russian oil in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.