1. President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Uzbek counterpart held a summit Friday in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent to strengthen economic cooperation in the areas of mineral supply chains, infrastructure and energy.

2. Vice foreign ministers from South Korea and the United States held a phone conversation on Friday to discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin's expected trip to North Korea next week and other alliance, regional and global issues.

3. The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Friday assessed in the Green Book that South Korea's economic recovery has gathered pace on robust exports and recovering domestic demand, though external uncertainties continued.