1.The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the death of a Marine that was up for a revote after President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed it for the second time. Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik earlier said he will also table four controversial broadcasting bills during the session.

2.According to preliminary data released from the Bank of Korea on Thursday, South Korea's real gross domestic product, a key measure of economic growth, contracted 0.2 percent on-quarter in the April-June period, as weaker domestic demand clouded recovery prospects, despite robust exports.

3.U.S. President Joe Biden made his first public address since dropping his re-election bid, saying he pulled out of the race against Republican candidate Donald Trump to unite his party and save the country’s democracy.

1.The confirmation hearing for the new chief of the state broadcasting watchdog Lee Jin-sook began on Wednesday and will be held for two days until Thursday. Lee is a former journalist of public broadcaster MBC and was nominated by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier this month.

2.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that North Korea again launched trash-filled balloons toward South Korea. The Presidential Security Service later announced that a trash-carrying balloon sent by North Korea had also landed on the presidential office compound.

3.The Korea Meteorological Administration issued a heat advisory on Wednesday for northern and central Seoul, the surrounding metropolitan area, and the northwestern part of Gangwon. Heat alerts have been issued for 173 out of 183 designated land areas nationwide.

1.Han Dong-hoon was elected as the new leader of the ruling People Power Party at the national convention held Tuesday. Han secured a majority in the first round of voting.

2.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday sent special envoys {성태윤}Sung Tae-yoon and Industry Minister {안덕근}Ahn Duk-geun to the Czech Republic to discuss follow-up measures on the country’s selection of a South Korean consortium as a preferred bidder for a nuclear power plant project.

3.North Korea’s state media reported Tuesday that North Korea does “not care” who wins the upcoming U.S. election, dismissing former President Donald Trump’s repeated boasts about his close relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.