1.South Korea's Ministry of Finance said Monday the government has decided to extend at least 560 billion won, or roughly 445 million U.S. dollars, of funds to support small vendors suffering from payment delays by the e-commerce platforms TMON and WeMakePrice.

2.In a press conference after the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Laos on Saturday, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol urged Japan to show sincerity in implementing follow-up measures regarding the designation of the Sado gold mine, associated with Korea's wartime forced labor, as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

3.Seoul's defense ministry said the defense chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan signed a document on the Trilateral Security Cooperation Framework on Sunday, in a move solidifying their continued commitment to three-way security cooperation against North Korean threats.