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[Korea Now Today's Headline] 11/18/THU

1. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Wednesday, made satisfactory remarks in regards to the agreements made concerning the ‘end-of-war proposal’ during the trilateral meetings with South Korea, United States and Japan.

2. The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on Wednesday approved the 17th consecutive resolution concerning the human rights issues in North Korea, condemning Pyongyang's current violations of human rights as "systematic'' and "gross", and called to “ensure the timely delivery and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.”

3. South Korea on Thursday reported 3-thousand 2-hundred 92 new COVID-19 cases. Over 80 percent of Seoul city's intensive care unit beds are full, while more than 60 percent are occupied nationwide.