1. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday said North Korea’s recent definition of South-North relations as those between “hostile” nations amounted to an acknowledgement of the regime’s nature as an “anti-national and anti-historical group.”
2. North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui arrived in Russia on Monday at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as the Kremlin said it aims to further develop ties with the North in all areas. The two Ministers are set to hold talks on Tuesday.
3. Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday won a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, cementing his status as the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came in a distant second.
