1. The Bank of Korea said Tuesday that it forecasts inflation to remain at around 5% for the time being, but expects the pace to eventually slow.
2. South Korea reported 87 thousand 559 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday–the highest number in 97 days, putting a pressure on South Korea’s Special Response Center of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters as it plans to announce the results of yesterday's discussion about lifting the nation’s indoor mask mandate.
3. The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Yo-jong hinted at the possibility that North Korea will launch an ICBM at a normal angle to verify its technology.
