1.President Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal defense team said Tuesday that Yoon will state his position in court if a public hearing is held in his impeachment trial, and that the president believes he is innocent of the crime of insurrection.

2.The ruling and main opposition parties remained at odds Tuesday over whether to fill in three vacancies of the nine-member Constitutional Court that will handle President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial.

3.South Korea on Tuesday said it will impose sanctions on North Korean military officers that have been deployed to Russia in support of its war against Ukraine. The announcement came after South Korea, the U.S., and EU condemned deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.