This essentially translates to USFK and the ROK military keeping combined exercises on the down-lo in order to not anger the Kim regime:

South Korea and the United States are supposed to stage combined outdoor military drills throughout the year, not during specific periods of time, Seoul’s defense ministry said Tuesday. 

Ministry spokesperson Boo Seung-chan made the remarks in an answer to a reporter’s question about when and how the two sides would stage joint real maneuvers this year as their ongoing springtime exercise does not include such outdoor programs.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

The sharp decline in coronavirus cases in Japan has led USFJ to ease its travel restrictions:

The commander of Yokota Air Base on Tuesday lifted the coronavirus ban on off-duty travel to the most popular districts in Japan’s capital city and reduced the restricted movement period for vaccinated travelers.

Shibuya, Shinjuku and Roppongi, known for their crowded city streets, shopping, restaurants and nightlife, are open once again to people associated with Yokota, the headquarters in western Tokyo of U.S. Forces Japan, 5th Air Force and the 374th Airlift Wing.

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link.

Doctors have concluded that so far 8 out of the 11 reported vaccine deaths were caused by pre-existing conditions:

South Korea has tentatively concluded that there is no causal relation between COVID-19 vaccines and eight out of 11 reported deaths after vaccinations, health authorities said Monday.

Investigations were concluded on the eight people who died within days of receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines. An epidemiological survey is still under way for three other recipients.

The authorities tentatively concluded that their deaths were highly likely to be connected to their pre-existing conditions.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but all 8 people who died after getting the vaccine were not only unwell, but were in longterm care facilities as well. The government is stilling doing epidemiological surveys on the remaining three deaths.

This same phenomenon is devastating many businesses in university town’s in the United States as well:

The streets near the campus of Hannam University in Daejeon used to be packed with students at this time of year.    
   
Now only advertisements plastered on the windows of empty stores greet visitors.  
   
“Many of us in the area are going out of business, as most university classes are being held online in the pandemic and students are not returning to the campus,” one store owner in the neighborhood told the JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday. “I’m afraid that at this rate, half of the stores in the area will go out of business in the next couple of years.” 

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link.

Due to a surge in coronavirus cases among the foreign population in Gyeongi province all foreign workers must now take a free of charge COVID-19 test by March 22nd:

All foreign workers in Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, were ordered Monday to take the coronavirus test before March 22, as part of authorities’ efforts to cope with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in foreigner-dense areas and workplaces.

The latest administrative order from the provincial government of Gyeonggi was delivered to about 85,000 foreign workers in the nation’s most populous province via their employers, officials said.

Under the order, the migrant workers hired by some 25,000 workplaces with at least one foreign employee are obliged to take the virus test between Monday and March 22, they said.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but the article said that 151 foreign workers in Dongducheon tested positive for the coronavirus. That explains why U.S. soldiers at Camp Casey currently have a travel ban on them.

The ROK 22nd Division commander has been relieved in the aftermath of last’s months defector incident:

A South Korean major general has been relieved of his command after his troops failed to quickly apprehend a North Korean defector who crawled into the country last month through a seaside drainage pipe, the defense ministry said Thursday.

Several times, surveillance cameras spotted the intruder, who swam across the border in chilly East Sea waters wearing a dive suit. But guard troops of the 22nd Infantry Division failed to notice, according to earlier accounts from the Ministry of National Defense.

Troops took the man into custody at 7:20 a.m. Feb. 16, six hours after he entered the country and three hours after guards finally spotted him on camera at 4:16 a.m. 

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link, but other senior officers and soldiers are being looked at for discipline as well after this incident.