1. Early voting for June 1st local elections and parliamentary by-election started early this morning. Voters can cast their ballots at any of 3-thousand 5-hundred-51 polling stations nationwide until Saturday.

2. China and Russia on Thursday used their vetoes against a U.S-draft UN Security Council resolution to strengthen sanctions on North Korea.

3. The White House announced on Thursday that South Korean boy group BTS was invited to meet President Joe Biden to discuss Asian hate crimes issues next Tuesday, in recognition of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month.