1. Prosecutors on Thursday indicted opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung without physical detention over corruption charges, two weeks after a court rejected an arrest warrant sought for him.
2. South Korea’s unification ministry said Thursday it is working to verify speculation that China forcibly repatriated around 600 North Korean defectors on Monday night. The ministry added that North Korean refugees should not be sent back to the North against their will.
3. The Gaza strip could be facing its worst humanitarian crisis after Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered the “complete siege” of the area on Monday. Gaza officials said Wednesday that Gaza’s only power station has stopped working after fuel ran out.
