1. Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday relevant ministries have begun work to hold talks with the medical community, a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday called for a "flexible" measure over the government's move to suspend licenses of defiant trainee doctors.
2. Kim Yo-jong, vice department director of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, said Monday that Japan had proposed summit talks. In response, Kishida later said that while he is not aware of the specific statement, a summit between the two countries is "important" to resolve many pending issues.
3. South Korea's foreign ministry on Saturday expressed condolences to the victims and their families of a tragic terror attack at a concert hall in Moscow. At least 137 have been killed after gunmen opened fire on Friday. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
