1. The IMF lowered South Korea’s 2022 economic growth outlook to 2.5%, while raising inflation projection up to 4% on Tuesday.
2. The Biden administration plans to announce an additional 800 million dollar military aid package for Ukraine in a few days.
3. South Korea saw 111-thousand 3-hundred-19 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday. The authorities said they will decide whether to lift the outdoor mask mandate at the beginning of May.