1. South Korea and the U.S. will hold their full-fledged joint military drill, the"Ulchi Freedom Shield" from August 22nd to September 1st. The preliminary drills start on Tuesday with the focus on response measures to pre-war crisis scenarios.
2. S. Korea’s Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho(추경호), during a meeting on the property market Tuesday said, houses will be supplied in high demand areas like the metropolitan area to supply 2.7 million houses nationwide over the next 5 years.
3. South Korea reported 84-thousand-one-hundred-28 new infections on Tuesday, the highest in 112 days. The number of critically ill patients stands at 563.
