Nikkei Falls 1.79%, KOSPI Plunges 5.28% on AI Regulation Worries

Cointime reports: Asian markets closed lower on Nov. 5 as AI-regulation concerns hit Japanese and South Korean equities. The Nikkei 225 fell 1,110.73 points, or 1.79%, to 61,077.90, while South Korea’s KOSPI dropped 300.15 points, or 5.28%, to 5,383.65. The KOSDAQ lost 5.11%, with sidecar mechanisms triggered and program trading briefly halted; SK Hynix fell 9.45% and Samsung Electronics 7.56%.