1. The Korean Central News Agency said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the test-fire of the new submarine-launched Pulhwasal-3-31 strategic cruise missile and reviewed a project to build a nuclear-powered submarine.
2. Former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yon and a group of ex-DP lawmakers declared Sunday that they would merge into a new single party, tentatively named the "Future Reform Party.”
3. The U.S. military said Sunday three American service members were killed and dozens more injured in a drone strike in Jordan. President Biden blamed the attacks on "radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq,” and vowed the U.S. "will hold all those responsible.”
