Australia's SPI futures traded at 5,684 — lower than the ASX 200's previous close at 5,720.58.
Nikkei futures in Chicago were at 20,080 and the Osaka futures traded at 20,050, which was a touch higher than the Japanese benchmark index's last finish at 19,952.33.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday over its intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July. Reuters said the sanctions could slash the reclusive regime's $3 billion annual export revenue by a third.
Elsewhere, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, traded at 93.389, after rising from levels below 92.800 late last week.
Among other currency majors, the Japanese yen traded at 110.76 to the dollar, the Australian dollar traded at $0.7933 and the euro was at $1.1787.
Source: Bloomberg Pro Terminal
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