1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday called for thorough countermeasures against the “illegal” military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, saying the deepening alliance poses a significant security threat to South Korea. 2.South Korea’s Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and his Canadian counterpart, Bill Blair, held talks in Ottawa on Friday and condemned North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia. 3.U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are heading into election day neck-and-neck in national and state polls. Experts say that the seven swing states will determine who wins in the polls after they close on November 5th.