August 22, 2019 (2019-08-22) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
International relations
- Japan–South Korea relations, GSOMIA
- South Korea decides against extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). South Korean officials express that the exclusion from Japan's preferred trade list on 12 August eliminated any benefit to maintaining the agreement. (NHK)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Science and technology