1. Two out of four conditions that need to be satisfied for the indoor mask mandate to be lifted are currently met. South Korea is the only OECD member state that has an indoor mask mandate.
2. South Korea’s two main political parties clashed on the first day of January’s extraordinary parliamentary session on Monday, as the ruling People Power Party accused the main opposition Democratic Party of attempting to protect its party leader Lee Jae-myung from indictment by abusing lawmakers' immunity from his arrest.
3. Supporters of the former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who refused to accept his presidential election defeat, invaded the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace of Brazil on Sunday.
