1. Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday demanded the National Assembly reconsider an opposition-proposed bill that calls for a special counsel probe into President Yoon Suk Yeol on his failed martial law attempt last month.

2. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico from Saturday, while leaving open the possibility that oil imports could be exempted.

3. Seoul's defense ministry said Friday that South Korea's acting Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho and new U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held their first phone call and reaffirmed the steadfast alliance between the two nations.