1.South Korea’s National Security Advisor Shin Won-sik, and his U.S. and Japan counterparts, held a trilateral meeting in Washington last Friday to address concern over North Korea’s recent troop deployment to Russia.

2.South Korea’s finance minister Choi Sang-mok on Monday vowed to enhance market monitoring and swiftly respond to excessive volatility under contingency plans amid weaker growth data and global uncertainties.

3.Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition, the Liberal Democratic Party, lost its parliamentary majority at Sunday's national election, as voters punished the party over a funding scandal and inflation. The results raise Japan's political uncertainty and sent the yen currency to a three month low on Monday.