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1. Amid Chinese opposition, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan. Pelosi, a well known China hawk, has a history of prodding China over human rights.

2. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin will depart for Cambodia on Wednesday to attend a series of high-level meetings, hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on pending regional and global issues.

3. South Korea reported 119,922 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday. The government states it will not reinstate stringent social distancing rules to fight the surging virus, but impose targeted measures.