1. The final hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial opened Tuesday in his absence amid keen attention on what the president will say in his last arguments to defend his short-lived imposition of martial law.

2. The fire headquarters of South Chungcheong Province said Tuesday that at least four workers were killed, and six others injured, after a bridge collapsed at a highway construction site in Anseong, Gyeonggi-do Province at 9:50 am.

3. The Bank of Korea lowered South Korea’s key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Tuesday to two-point-75 percent. It also slashed its growth outlook for 2025 to one-point-five percent, citing sluggish domestic demand and exports.