The move, started by some banks in December, is also expected to affect Chinese businesses that operate in the reclusive East Asian country.
A split in the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party over a possible Brexit rattled currency markets.
The U.S. was prepared to abandon its demand that North Korea reduce its nuclear arsenal before the beginning of talks that could have formally concluded the Korean War.
Pyongyang’s artillery drill Saturday caused alarm among South Korean residents living close to the disputed maritime border, South Korea’s military said.
Hillary Clinton called former Senate colleagues about controversial trade pacts, and her office pressed the New York Times to hold a sensitive article, the emails show.
The news came as South Korean officials warned of a possible “terror attack” by the North targeting defectors and anti-North Korean activists.
A stronger yen will likely be a drag on Japanese markets, a senior strategist at Okasan Securities in Tokyo said Thursday.
The volcano last erupted in 1903, but experts have warned that signs have suggested the magma chamber is expanding and that a detonation could trigger an eruption.
The South Korean report comes as Seoul called for the U.N. Security Council to impose strict sanctions against Pyongyang over its Feb. 7 satellite launch.
But China's economic slowdown remained a factor that could put downward pressure on stock prices, one fund manager said.
Murder, abduction, enslavement, rape and starvation are among the allegations against Kim Jong Un.
From sports cars to mansions, the U.S. is cracking down on lavish and illegal purchases made by those in power.
Shares rose in Japan after a government report predicted companies would order more machinery this quarter than last.
South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations called for new sanctions against North Korea to thwart its “nuclear blackmail.”
A lavish exhibit in Pyongyang celebrated the late North Korean leader's birthday — an important national holiday in the authoritarian state.
The move is widely seen as part of Washington’s show of force in response to North Korea’s launch of a satellite earlier this month.
President Park Geun-hye warned early Tuesday that a continuation of North Korea's recent actions will only speed "regime collapse."
Other factors included a stronger yuan, speculation on more Japan stimulus and the European Central Bank's vow to fight deflation.
The alleged cyberattack comes amid heightened tensions between the two neighbors over Pyongyang's nuclear test in early January.
Japan GDP fell more than expected in the fourth quarter. Most Asian stock markets rose in early Monday trading.
The KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile, which has a range of at least 6,200 miles, can be difficult to track if it’s properly designed and developed.
The allegation came three days after South Korea suspended the Kaesong industrial project in response to the North's long-range rocket launch on Feb. 7.
