1. South Korea’s ousted president is at a court hearing that will decide whether she should be arrested. Park Geun-hye is facing a number of changes in connection to a corruption scandal.
2. The Japanese government is to extend for 2 more years the unilateral sanctions against North Korea that are set to expire next month.
3. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan as the next Undersecretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.
日: 2017年3月30日
March 29, Wednesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto
1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to overhaul the measures for tackling climate change that were introduced by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
2. Britain will give notice on Wednesday of its intention to leave the European Union.
3. Groups of Japanese researchers say they have successfully transplanted iPS cells derived from a donor into a patient suffering from a senior eye disease.