1. The National Assembly’s Special Committee investigating impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection charges on Wednesday visited the Seoul Eastern Detention Center to interrogate former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, but failed to do so after Kim refused.
2. According to data from Statistics Korea on Wednesday, South Korea’s Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent on-year in January. The agency attributed the increase to rising energy prices and the depreciation of the Korean won, which drove up major import costs.
3. U.S. President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip and develop it, claiming it would become the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump unveiled his surprise plan during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
