Korea

On March 22, the DPRK launched a long-range strategic cruise missile towards the Sea of Japan. According to the South Korean publication Chosun, the rocket flew 2000 km.

On the eve of the start of military exercises with the participation of the armies of South Korea and the United States, the DPRK launched a short-range ballistic missile. The missile was aimed towards the Sea of Japan.

The central press organ of the Workers' Party of Korea, the newspaper Nodong Sinmun, published an editorial revealing the virtues of economic independence in nation—building. As noted by Reuters, this was preceded by an article by the South Korean newspaper Yonhap about the shortage of products in the DPRK.

In Seoul, a court ordered the government to pay 30 million won ($24,000) to a Vietnamese woman who was shot during an attack by South Korean marines on her village during the Vietnam War in 1968.