1. The Chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Kim Seung-kyum, and his American and Japanese counterparts met on Thursday at the Pentagon to discuss the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula in recent weeks.

2. South Korea’s Fair Trust Commission said in a press release Friday that it plans to introduce measures to solve the issue of the monopoly in the platform sector. This comes after Kakao Corp. suffered a massive service malfunction on Saturday.

3. UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday, following a turbulent six weeks in office. This makes her the shortest-serving prime minister in the country's history.