Japanese and Korean stocks opened low and closed lower, with the KOSPI index falling 4.6%

Odaily News, according to Gate data, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 617.18 points, or 0.93%, at 65,683.26 points on Thursday, August 6; Kioxia fell over 9%. South Korea's KOSPI index closed down 302.82 points, or 4.59%, at 6,295.44 points on Thursday, August 6; the KOSDAQ index edged up 0.26%; SK Hynix fell 10.3%, and Samsung Electronics fell 6.3%.