Welcome to Weekly News Highlights where we wrap up your week with a glimpse back into what went on over the past week.
I'm Kim Dami in Seoul.
South Korea this week successfully launched its first homegrown Earth observation satellite, which will monitor and take images of the Korean Peninsula and the surrounding waters.
Ten more nanosatellites will join the first one by 2027.
South Korea and Romania agreed to bolster cooperation in defense, nuclear power plants, and more.
The leaders of the two countries held a summit in Seoul, marking the first time in 16 years that a Romanian leader has visited South Korea.
South Korea's GDP growth went up by more than 1 percent in the first quarter of this year, led by an increase in construction investment and a recovery in exports.
South Korea's very first domestically produced Earth observation satellite successfully made it into orbit this week.
It's called NEONSAT-1, and this nanosatellite is smaller than other satellites, weighing under 100 kilograms.
Its main mission is to monitor and take images of the Korean Peninsula and surrounding waters.
Our Kim Bo-kyung tells us more.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guided the regime's first nuclear counterattack drills on Monday.
There he blamed Seoul and Washington's recent air drills for raising tensions on the Peninsula.
Our defense correspondent Choi Min-jung starts us off.
Also this week, North Korea sent its highest-level delegation to Iran on a rare public trip, where the two sides are likely to discuss missiles and nuclear weapons, raising concerns about military cooperation.
Our North Korean affairs correspondent Kim Jung-sil reports.
Romania's leader paid a visit to South Korea for the first time in 16 years.
President Yoon hosted his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannes on Tuesday at the Yongsan Office.
The leaders sealed deals on defense and more.
Our presidential office correspondent Oh Soo-young has the details.
South Korea's economy grew by one-point-three percent in quarter one of 2024, sealing the highest on-quarter increase in more than two years.
Calling it a surprise, the presidential office indicated the possibility of an upward revision to the growth outlook this year.
Our Ahn Sung-jin reports.
As for the latest on Korea's bleak demographic portrait.
The latest findings show that the number of births dropped to the lowest for any February while the number of deaths sharply rose.
Our Park Kun-woo has this report.
For the first time, more than half of people employed last year here in South Korea had a college degree.
This is according to Statistics Korea on Wednesday.
The figure is a record high with 50-point-5 percent boasting at least a two-year college certificate.
This is a significant rise considering that figure stood at just over 30% 20 years ago in 2003.
However, findings also showed most college degree holders were employed at large companies as compared to their smaller counterparts.
U.S. President Joe Biden this week finally signed a law securing billions of dollars in U.S. aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
Biden already secretly approved the transfer of long-range missiles to Ukraine earlier this month.
Our Choi Min-jung covered this story.
This week marked 200 days of the war between Israeli forces and Hamas.
With tensions once again ramping up in Gaza after Israel pulled most of their troops out of the enclave, Hamas on Wednesday released a video of injured Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
Missing his left arm, the hostage addressed the Israeli government and criticized its failure to secure a deal for the release of the remaining hostages.
That is all we have for this week.
We thank you for watching Weekly News Highlights.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
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