Japan and Korea Stocks Fall; KOSPI Down 3.12%

The divergence in magnitude is the story here: a sub-1% Nikkei move against a KOSPI fall exceeding 3% points to Korea-specific pressure rather than a uniform regional shock, even though the item frames both as shared weakness. That gap matters for anyone tracking whether Asian equity weakness is broad-based or concentrated. Whether the KOSPI underperformance persists relative to Japan, and what is driving it, is the open question.