1. An association of trainee doctors formed an emergency committee on Tuesday in protest of the government's plan to increase the number of medical students by 2-thousand. The association made no announcement about collective action after all-night discussions earlier in the day.

2. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday appointed former Industry Minister {주형환}Joo Hyung-hwan as vice chairman of the Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy, and {윤오준}Yun Oh-jun as the third deputy director of the National Intelligence Service.

3. The price of bitcoin traded above 50-thousand U.S. dollars on Monday for the first time since 2021. The cryptocurrency has gained almost 15 per cent since the start of the year, largely driven by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approval of several spot bitcoin exchange traded funds.