South Korean assets surged after President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, easing fears of prolonged disruptions to global energy supplies and triggering a broad risk-on move. The benchmark Kospi surged as much as 6.2%, leading gains in Asia and extending advance for the fourth straight session. Chip heavyweights Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. both jumped more tha...
South Korean assets surged after President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, easing fears of prolonged disruptions to global energy supplies and triggering a broad risk-on move. The benchmark Kospi surged as much as 6.2%, leading gains in Asia and extending advance for the fourth straight session. Chip heavyweights Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. both jumped more than 9%. A more than 6% jump in Kospi 200 futures also triggered a temporary halt in program trading by the exchange. The South Korean won rose as much as 1.9% against the dollar. The nation’s 10-year bond futures climbed as much as 120 ticks, while the 3-year yields fell to 3.3% as lower oil prices eased inflation pressures and lowered expectations for a Bank of Korea rate hike. The central bank will hold its rate setting meeting Friday. Read: Samsung Beats High Estimates After AI Chip Sales Defy War Fears Wednesday’s advance comes as a sharp drop in oil prices lifted sentiment for one of the region’s most energy-dependent economies, putting investors’ focus back on the artificial intelligence trade and corporate governance reforms. “With geopolitical risks moderating and a fundamental earnings surprise unfolding simultaneously, this moment appears to mark a pivot point where the market transitions from a war-risk-driven discount phase toward a normalization phase,” said Ha SeokKeun , chief investment officer at Eugene Asset Management Co. This can be seen as an indication that the energy shock — previously the main risk to the Korean equity market — now beginning to ease in a significant way, he added. The won is trading at its highest level since March 11, while 10-year bond futures are at their highest since March 19. Both have rebounded to their strongest levels in about a month. The energy shock has pushed South Korea’s government to take increasingly aggressive steps, including a fuel price cap, to shield the economy. Authorities have also signaled contingency plans to ...
Japan’s tougher deportation drive is deepening fear among asylum seekers and long-term foreign residents, rights groups say, warning that the government’s push to remove more undocumented migrants is clashing with its duty to protect refugees. Official figures show a record 318 foreign nationals were forcibly deported from Japan under escort in 2025, up 30 per cent from a year earlier, as authorit...
Japan’s tougher deportation drive is deepening fear among asylum seekers and long-term foreign residents, rights groups say, warning that the government’s push to remove more undocumented migrants is clashing with its duty to protect refugees. Official figures show a record 318 foreign nationals were forcibly deported from Japan under escort in 2025, up 30 per cent from a year earlier, as authorities ramped up the Zero Illegal Foreign Residents Plan (Zero Plan), a government drive launched last...
The Ching Ming Festival, a traditional Chinese festival with a long history, is a time dedicated to paying tribute to deceased family members and ancestors. For me, it is quiet, restrained and deeply personal. There is a rhythm to it: sweeping tombstones, burning incense, offering food and the unspoken conversations that linger in the air. In this context, memory is intimate. It begins with blood ...
The Ching Ming Festival, a traditional Chinese festival with a long history, is a time dedicated to paying tribute to deceased family members and ancestors. For me, it is quiet, restrained and deeply personal. There is a rhythm to it: sweeping tombstones, burning incense, offering food and the unspoken conversations that linger in the air. In this context, memory is intimate. It begins with blood ties and extends backwards through generations. And yet, in the past few years, I have witnessed a...
Brent crude oil dropped to $93 a barrel after US president’s announcement and Iran’s pledge to reopen strait of Hormuz under its management Middle East crisis – live updates Full report: US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire with Tehran saying it will reopen strait of Hormuz Oil prices plunged by almost 15% after Donald Trump held off on his threat to bomb Iran into the stone ages on Tuesday ...
Brent crude oil dropped to $93 a barrel after US president’s announcement and Iran’s pledge to reopen strait of Hormuz under its management Middle East crisis – live updates Full report: US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire with Tehran saying it will reopen strait of Hormuz Oil prices plunged by almost 15% after Donald Trump held off on his threat to bomb Iran into the stone ages on Tuesday night, and Iran’s foreign minister said passage through the strait of Hormuz would be allowed for the next two weeks under the management of its military. Posting to Truth Social, with just over an hour until his deadline was due to pass, the US president said he was holding off on threatened attacks on Iran’s bridges, power plants and other civilian targets, subject to Tehran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and reopening of the strait of Hormuz. Continue reading...
(RTTNews) - Universal Music Group N.V. (UMG.AS, UNVGY, UMGNF), the Dutch-American music-based entertainment company, confirmed that it has received an unsolicited and non-binding proposal from Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
(RTTNews) - Universal Music Group N.V. (UMG.AS, UNVGY, UMGNF), the Dutch-American music-based entertainment company, confirmed that it has received an unsolicited and non-binding proposal from Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is trading sharply higher on Wednesday, extending the gains in the previous three sessions, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is surging more than 4 percent to above the 55,700 level, with gains across all se
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is trading sharply higher on Wednesday, extending the gains in the previous three sessions, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is surging more than 4 percent to above the 55,700 level, with gains across all se
Kirsten Fontenrose, Strategic Advisor at Systems Planning & Analysis, discusses the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran that’s expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. She speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Paul Allen on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)
Kirsten Fontenrose, Strategic Advisor at Systems Planning & Analysis, discusses the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran that’s expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. She speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Paul Allen on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)