March 6, Tuesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

1. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted talks and a banquet for special envoys from South Korea on Monday.
2. Measures consolidating the power of President Xi Jinping are expected to be put in place at China’s National People’s Congress.
3. The delivery of aid supplies to Syria’s eastern Ghouta has started, but some medical supplies were reportedly blocked from being brought into the besieged enclave.