1. According to the Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Military Commission to discuss ways to boost readiness posture for war.

2. South Korean top diplomat Park Jin said Tuesday that the country will dispatch a 60-person search and rescue team and medical supplies to Turkey. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkiye and Syria and killed at least 5000 people.

3. According to the spokesperson of the European Council on Monday, EU’s chief, Charles Michel, invited Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Brussels to participate in person at a summit of the 27 EU nations on Thursday.