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1. President Yoon Suk-yeol gave a 30-minute presentation to boost South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan at the BIE general assembly in Paris on Tuesday. He ended the presentation with the bid slogan, “Busan is ready.”

2. An international tribunal ordered South Korea to pay tens of millions of dollars to U.S. hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, marking an end to a legal battle dating back to 2015.

3. The Korea Electric Power Corporation said Wednesday that it decided to keep the fuel cost-adjusted rate at 5 won per kilowatt hour for the July-September period amid public concerns over soaring electricity prices.