The ADIZ incursions happened reportedly last month before North Korea’s ICBM test:

Russian and Chinese military aircraft entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) without prior notice last month ahead of North Korea’s long-range missile launch, a Seoul official said Tuesday.

Two Russian planes flew into the KADIZ on March 24, prompting South Korea’s military to scramble its fighters to prevent their approach to the country’s airspace, according to the official.

The incident came just hours before Pyongyang test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the East Sea — a launch that ended its yearslong moratorium on nuclear and ICBM testing.

The Russian warplanes flew in the KADIZ northwest of South Korea’s Ulleung Island in the East Sea at around 11 a.m. and moved out of it 30 minutes later.

A day earlier, a Chinese military plane also entered the KADIZ near Ieo Islet, a submerged rock south of South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju. The official said the area was where the air defense identification zones of South Korea and China overlapped.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but China has been claiming Ieodo as their territory and have been flying bombers over it in response for years. The Russians have often had Korean ADIZ incursions and even actively violated Korean airspace over Dokdo before that led to warning shots from the ROK Air Force.

At least this guy is no longer in classroom and behind bars where he belongs:

An elementary school teacher has been sentenced to seven years in prison for inducing more than 100 teenage girls to film sexually exploitative materials and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old, a court said Monday. 

The man, in his 30s, who had taught at an elementary school in Seoul since 2012, was indicted on charges of possessing 1,910 items of sexually abusive content filmed by about 120 teenagers he met through social media between 2015 and 2021. 

He was also found to have sexually assaulted then a 13-year-old girl in 2020 at a motel.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

A much needed drop in restriction for South Koreans has finally come:

Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases dropped below 50,000 on Monday, the first day of freedom from two years of social distancing regulations.  
   
The country reported 47,743 new Covid-19 cases Monday, raising the total caseload to 16,353,495, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). This was the first time in 68 days for cases to go below 50,000, since Feb. 9 when infections started to soar.  
   
Along with the continued drop in new infections, the number of Covid-19 patients in critical condition totaled 850 as of Sunday midnight, down by 43 from the previous day.  
   
There were 132 new deaths from Covid-19. 

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link.

The facts of his kids getting into the same college he was the President of seems less concerning to me than the draft exemption his son received:

The office of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday that whether the health minister nominee is fit for office should be determined after his confirmation hearing, despite calls for withdrawing the nomination over suspicions he used his position to get his children into a medical school.

The nomination of Chung Ho-young, a former chief of Kyungpook National University Hospital, has become the hottest political issue after allegations surfaced that he used his position to help his daughter and son gain admission to the university’s medical school and exempt his son from active duty military service.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but the facts around his kids admission seem flimsy to me. However, his son claiming a back injury is preventing him from doing his mandatory active military service I find questionable. The medical exam for the exemption was done at his father’s university hospital:

On Oct. 27, 2015, Chung’s son visited Kyungpook National University Hospital again. The medical certificate issued for military examination stated on Oct. 29, 2015 that “Patient is waiting follow-up after being diagnosed with a herniated disc in the 5th to 6th lumbar vertebrae.” On Nov. 6, Chung’s son was diagnosed with a “spine disease” during a second physical examination at Daegu Gyeongbuk Regional Military Manpower Administrationand deemed a Level 4 draftee, eligible for a desk job instead of active-duty service.   

Chung’s son completed his military service by working at a desk job instead of active-duty service.  It was also notable that Chung’s son only spent about 150,000 won for medical expenses over the past five years, according to press accounts, suggesting a good level of health.  

Joong Ang Ilbo

If his back is so bad that he can’t do active military service than he should have a long medical record of physical therapy, acupuncture, and follow up medical examinations. If the 150,000 won figure is true then all this follow treatment was likely not done which shows his back must not hurt all that bad.

What is wrong with people? This is a horrible way to slowly kill a child:

Police on Friday transferred to the prosecution a woman suspected of leaving her six-year-old child to starve to death.

The woman, whose identity was withheld, was arrested for allegedly leaving her disabled son alone at home in the central city of Asan for three weeks, the South Chungcheong police agency said.

The child was found dead last Friday by police officers who rushed to the home after receiving a report from the mother’s acquaintance. 

The deceased child is said to have been smaller than other kids of his age.

The National Forensic Service recognized the possibility of the child having died of hunger, according to the agency.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

Here is some interesting survey results out of Okinawa that increasingly shows younger people significantly support the U.S. military presence on the island than older generations:

Fifty years after Okinawa’s return to Japanese control, 70% of U.S. military facilities in Japan remain concentrated in the island prefecture. But local attitudes toward the presence of the bases appear to be changing.

The prefecture announced in March the results of a survey taken last year that showed the percentage of people under 40 who regarded the current situation as “unfair” was less than half that of those in their 60s or older.

This suggests a trend that the younger someone is, the more likely they are to accept the situation. People who grew up thinking it normal to see a base in their neighborhood are searching for ways to come to terms with the facilities.

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link.