1. President Yoon Suk-yeol said that the government will thoroughly monitor and respond in preventing any financial or foreign exchange crisis during a macroeconomic and financial policy meeting on Wednesday. The foreign exchange market closed with the won trading at 1,342-point-1 won against the US dollar today.

2. Today marks the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between South Korea and China. The official ceremonies will be held both in Seoul and Beijing at 7 p.m. Korea time. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, will attend the event in their respective countries.

3. Since Russia invaded Ukraine 6 months ago, 9-thousand Ukrainian soldiers have been killed… according to Ukraine’s military chief on Monday local time. As of Tuesday local time, Ukrainian officials reported that 45 thousand 550 Russian soldiers have been killed.