Japanese and Korean stocks opened lower, with South Korea's KOSPI index dropping 3.29% early in trading.

TechFlow reports that on September 11, South Korea's KOSPI index touched 7,000 points, falling 3.29% at the open. SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics both dropped approximately 4%. On Friday, September 11, the Nikkei 225 index opened down 994.86 points, a decline of 1.52%, at 64,276.09 points. (Jin10)