1. Candidate registration for June 1st local elections and parliamentary by-election started today. The official election campaign begins next Thursday. 

2. North Korea confirmed their first COVID-19 case on Thursday, and announced the implementation of “maximum emergency” anti-virus system. 

3. South Korea reported 35-thousand 9-hundred-6 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday. Meanwhile , the number of critically ill patients stands at 3-hundred-54 on the same day.