[YTN real-time news] The U.S. is official.Ministry of Defence "Bullet mercenary"

■ The White House officially confirmed the large-scale dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia and warned that they would be a legitimate target if they were deployed to the war in Ukraine. Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun said the North Korean troops mobilized for the war are not dispatch troops, but merely bullet-bearing mercenaries disguised as Russian military uniforms.

■ For the first time, North Korea has sent leaflets denouncing the president and his wife as it resumed its trash balloon provocation. The flyers were found around the Seoul metropolitan area, including around the presidential office building in Yongsan.

■ Han Dong-hoon, the representative of the People's Power, re-emphasized the push for a special inspector, saying he oversees the floor and the outside, and confronted floor leader Choo Kyung-ho, who said he would hold a general meeting of lawmakers. The Democratic Party said it will push for a plenary vote next month, saying the people's demand is a special prosecutor.

■ Amid the AI artificial intelligence craze, SK Hynix did well in high bandwidth memory, and both operating profit and sales recorded a record high. It is expected to significantly exceed the operating profit of Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division in the third quarter.

■ Prosecutors have demanded a fine of 3 million won for Kim Hye-kyung, the wife of Lee Jae-myung, who was put on trial for misusing the Gyeonggi Provincial Government's corporate card during the presidential election. The prosecution said Kim spent about 10 won, but he was guilty of trying to buy a powerful politician's spouse with money.

■ A Chinese man who was drunk at a convenience store in Gangnam, Seoul, went on a knife rampage at a convenience store late at night, seriously injuring the face of an employee in his 60s who worked alone. A passing citizen was overpowered and arrested by the police, but strangely, the arrest warrant was rejected.