1. South Korea lifted its indoor mask mandate for most of its facilities after more than 2 years on Monday. Meanwhile, the country reported 7,416 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

2. A working level meeting between Director general for Asia and Pacific affairs at South Korea’s foreign ministry, Seo Min-jung and her Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, was held on Monday to discuss ways to compensate Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor.

3. A group of bipartisan national assemblymen was launched on Monday to discuss ways to reform South Korea’s current electoral system.