1. President Yoon Suk Yeol and other witnesses including National Intelligence Service Director Cho Tae-yong, on Thursday appeared for the eighth, and likely final hearing of President Yoon’s impeachment trial.

2. The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Thursday reported that South Korea's cumulative fiscal deficit reached 81 trillion won, or roughly 56 billion U.S. dollars, as of November last year, due to sluggish corporate earnings and a decline in real estate transactions.

3. South Korea’s unification ministry said Thursday that North Korea was dismantling a reunion facility for separated families inside its Mount Kumgang tourist area and urged Pyongyang to immediately stop.