HONG KONG: Most Asian markets started the week on a positive note Monday, with Shanghai returning from a week-long break with healthy gains as traders looked past a surprise drop in US jobs.

But geopolitical tensions returned with another feared North Korea long-range missile test reportedly in the planning and US President Donald Trump suggesting that talking to Kim Jong-Un’s regime was a waste of time and “only one thing will work”.

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