1. President Yoon Suk-yeol told CNN on Monday that the age of appeasing North Korea is over, adding that this approach has proven to be a failure over the past five years. He also said that China is overly sensitive to South Korea’s participation in the IPEF.

2. The Quad summit was held a day after the IPEF launching summit in Japan. The four leaders of Quad nations gathered in Tokyo to discuss ways to contain China’s growing powers in the Indo-Pacific region.

3. South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections stand at 26-thousand 3-hundred-44 on Tuesday. Meanwhile, North Korea on Monday reported 134-thousand 5-hundred 10 suspected COVID-19 cases, raising the total caseload to nearly 3 million.