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SEOUL -- North Korea has sent 250 new mobile ballistic-missile launchers to its forces along the border with South Korea, the Korean Central News Agency reported Monday, underscoring Pyongyang's increasingly hostile stance toward its neighbor.
TOKYO -- Japan's benchmark Nikkei Stock Average recorded its worst-ever daily sell-off on Monday, losing 4,451.28 points from the previous day's closing amid panic selling triggered by fears of a possible U.S. recession and the yen's strength.
OSAKA -- Japanese drugmaker Shionogi announced on Monday that Chinese authorities have accepted its application filing to manufacture and sell Cefiderocol, used to treat antimicrobial-resistant infections for which existing antibiotics are ineffective.
MANILA -- The coast guards of the Philippines and Vietnam will hold their first-ever joint exercises in a bid to bolster maritime cooperation in the face of China's aggression in the South China Sea.
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia began construction Monday on a $1.7 billion canal aimed at linking the Mekong River to the sea, a China-backed project that has raised concerns about Beijing's growing influence in the region.
SINGAPORE -- Large investments from some of the world's biggest drugmakers are pouring into Singapore as companies seek to expand production in the city-state and access broader Asia, one of the fastest-growing markets with a rapidly aging population.
VIENTIANE -- Laos, one of the few countries to maintain friendly relations with North Korea, is home to several low-profile Korean restaurants believed to be run by Pyongyang as a source of foreign currency.
TOKYO -- The Malaysian ringgit climbed to its strongest against the dollar since April 2023 in Tokyo trading on Monday, supported by a solid economy, as weak U.S. economic data spurred selling of the greenback.