South Korea’s Kospi closed 1.4% lower to 2,464.00. Shares of Samsung Electronics, the country’s biggest company, fell 0.9%. Meanwhile, the country’s financial regulator said they were prepared to deploy 10 trillion won ($7.07 billion) into a stock market stabilization fund at any time, the Yonhap news agency reported.

South Korea's benchmark Kospi index fell 1.4% to close at 2464.00, as political instability unnerved traders after President Yoon Suk Yeol quickly rebuffed martial law. Though the immediate crisis has passed,

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law was quickly lifted, but the shock episode could have lasting political and financial-market effects for the key U.S. ally. President Yoon fac