1. President Yoon Suk-yeol resumed his brief press meeting on Tuesday, a day after the so-called doorstepping was suspended.

2. The South Korean military announced on Monday that it will hold large-scale joint drills with the U.S., starting from August 22 up until September 1st, as North Korea began its summer exercises.

3. South Korea saw 37-thousand 3-hundred 60 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, hitting two month-high figure.