1. After a weeks-long impasse, the Yoon administration's first budget plan is to be approved by lawmakers at the National Assembly in the coming hours.
2. The South Korean government has decided to lower the indoor mask mandate from "mandatory" to "advised". However, the timing of the roll-out has yet to be decided.
3. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea on Friday launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea for the first time in 5 days.
