1. The National Assembly on Friday passed a motion to extend the parliamentary probe into the deadly Itaewon crowd crush by 10 days.
2. The Chinese embassy in Seoul criticized South Korea on Thursday for sending a delegation, led by PPP Representative Cho Kyung-tae, to Taiwan at the end of last year to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lim Soo-suk declined to comment on the matter.
3. According to quarantine authorities, 1 in every 8 arrivals from China were confirmed positive with COVID-19 at the airport as of midnight Friday.
