Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Wednesday, following the arrest of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol. "As a president who must protect the constitution and legal system of the Republic of Korea, responding to these illegal and invalid procedures is not an acknowledgment of them, but in the hopes of preventing unsavory bloodshed," Yoon, the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, said in a video message recorded before he was escorted away.
South Korea's Kospi Composite rose by 0.19% at 3:26 am CET. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.10% at 3:27 am CET. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.17% at the same time, while, on the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen Composite decreased by 0.26% and 0.67%, respectively. Japan's Nikkei 225 was up by 0.44% at 3:29 am CET.
The dollar traded flat against the yen, going for ¥157.9290 at 3:30 am CET.
