1. Four ministerial-level figures of the previous Moon Jae-in administration, Chung Eui-young, Noh Young-min, Suh Hoon, and Kim Yeon-chul, were indicted on Tuesday on charges related to forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019.
2. Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova [마리아 자카로바] issued a statement on Monday saying that the South Korean government’s decision to expand existing export restrictions against Russia will damage bilateral relations and cooperation to resolve security issues on the Korean Peninsula.
3. A new earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.6, hit southeastern Turkiye on Monday, adding one more person to the death toll, and over a hundred others injured.
