1. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Monday that its nuclear forces must be ready to exercise, if any force seeks to intrude on the fundamental interests of North Korea.  

2. President Moon Jae-in hosted a final press conference as the president on Monday, as his five-year presidency term comes to end on May 9th.

3. The country's gross domestic product is estimated to have grown 0.7 percent-on-quarter in the January-March period, according to the data from the Band of Korea(BOK).

4. President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s delegation to Japan delivered Yoon’s handwritten letter to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday. The two parties also agreed on the need to seek “shared interests”.

5. South Korea reported 80,361 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, with 82 deaths over the past 24 hours. The death toll has dropped into double digits for the first time in 55 days.