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.

1.Hospitals in South Korea on Monday started hiring roughly 7-thousand-700 trainee doctors, despite some medical professors warning of boycotting their training programs in protest of the government's push for accepting the resignations of trainees on strike.

2.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that South Korea conducted anti-Pyongyang broadcasts through its border loudspeakers in full-scale for the second day, in response to the North's repeated launches of trash-carrying balloons into the South.

3.U.S. President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race Sunday and officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic Party's candidate. The announcement came following Biden’s poor debate performance last month against former President Donald Trump.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday attended the debate forum on people’s livelihood in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do Province and emphasized his plans to develop Jeonbuk via visions of 'high-tech,' 'life,' and ‘culture.’

2.According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, South Korea's military resumed propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea in response to its latest launch of trash balloons into the South.

3.Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday stated he will “get along with” Kim Jong-un when he returns to office as he formally accepted the Republican nomination for the US Presidential election.

1. Subway and ferry services on Thursday are suspended and roads are closed across the country, including the capital region, due to torrential rain. The number of people temporarily evacuated due to heavy rain has also increased to 901.

2. The Czech government on Wednesday picked South Korea's state-run nuclear power agency as the preferred bidder to build two new nuclear power units, a project currently valued at $17.3 billion.

3. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday nominated Seoul National University Professor Yoo Sang-im as the candidate for Minister of Science and ICT and also appointed three new deputy ministerial positions across different ministries.

1. National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik on Wednesday proposed the parliament come up with a bill to revise the Constitution with the aim of holding a national referendum in 2026 and invited President Yoon Suk Yeol to hold talks with the National Assembly to discuss the amendment.

2. Torrential downpour hit Seoul and northern Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday, triggering emergency alerts and commuter chaos. According to the state weather agency, a heavy rain watch was issued across 10 cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi Province.

3. According to a federal court in New York City on Tuesday, a former Korean-American CIA specialist, Sue Mi Terry, has been formally charged for allegedly working as an unregistered agent for South Korea's intelligence service in exchange for luxury goods and other gifts.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that South Korea's alliance with the United States has been elevated to a "nuclear-based" one capable of deterring the North's nuclear threats. Yoon added that the joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, signed last week, has established a structure to “respond swiftly and effectively to any kind of North Korean nuclear threat."

2.South Korea’s automobile exports hit another record high of $37 billion in the first half of the year driven by climbing sales of high-margin hybrid cars and SUVs.

3.Former US President Trump was officially nominated on Monday as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate alongside his vice presidential pick, Ohio Senator JD Vance, at the Republican National Convention.