1.South Korea on Friday summoned the top Russian envoy in Seoul to lodge a protest over a new treaty Russia signed with North Korea that calls for immediate military assistance if either is attacked. The South Korean government also said Thursday it will reconsider its stance on arms supply to Ukraine.

2.Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday the city of Gyeongju in South Korea's North Gyeongsang Province has been recommended as the host city candidate for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Confirmation is expected to be made later this month.

3.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday that South Korea will create a small modular reactor industrial complex in the city of Gyeongju and a hydrogen industrial cluster in North Gyeongsang Province to boost the local economy, during his 26th debate forum on improving people's livelihoods in Gyeongsan.