KCNA on June 18 reported Kim Yo Jong said the G7 is the main culprit undermining world peace and the international non-proliferation regime and has no right to comment on N. KOREA's sovereign choices. She said at the G7 summit in France the US and other Western countries launched groundless political attacks and expressed strong dissatisfaction and regret at what she called G7 actions that directly violate N. KOREA's constitution.

An Action Plan issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and six other ministries calls for high-quality development and interconnection of compute infrastructure, promoting the opening, pooling and networked interconnection of compute resources. It directs platform companies to connect distributed compute resources and management platforms to improve allocation efficiency and to accelerate construction of a national integrated compute monitoring and dispatch service platform. The plan also instructs platform firms to expand token-based inclusive services and optimize AI-agent services for common SME needs to lower SMEs’ access and application thresholds.

Fed chair KEVIN WARSH said at a press conference the Fed can achieve a 2% inf target and that the C.BANK is "clear and consistent" in its commitment. He attributed current high inf to supply shocks. On forward guidance he declined to give specifics but said policy appears to have restrained the housing market. He called press conferences an effective communication tool for households and businesses but did not commit to holding one after every Fed meeting.