June 25, Sunday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

1. South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he will aim to form an inter-Korean team to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
2. North Korea is likely to maintain a defiant attitude toward the United States, as it marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War on Sunday.
3. The United Nations has sounded the alarm over rising civilian casualties in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, where intense battles between government forces and the Islamic State group continue.