1. The health ministry on Tuesday said the number of new patients has fallen 24 percent at general hospitals, while the number of surgeries performed has plunged 50 percent since trainee doctors began the mass walkout in protest of the government's plan to increase the medical school admission quota.
2. The price of bitcoin topped the 55-thousand U.S. dollar level on Tuesday, trading at its highest value in 27 months since November 2021.
3. Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said Monday that North Korea appears to be receiving food and other necessities, as well as raw materials and parts used in weapons manufacturing, for supplying weapons to Russia.
