Daily brief
North Korea conducted a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable rocket launchers, overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, who appeared at the event with his teenage daughter. State media described the exercise as a firepower strike drill involving 600 mm ultra-precision rocket launchers. The launch of an unidentified projectile eastward was also reported by South Korea's military.
South Korea is considering a request from President Donald Trump for security assistance in the Strait of Hormuz.
Two Japanese nationals were evacuated from the Middle East aboard a South Korean military aircraft.
A fire at a capsule hotel in Seoul left a Japanese woman unconscious.