BANGKOK -- At a dinner talk on capital markets on Monday evening, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra joked that he would be blamed if the country's main stock index fell the next morning.

SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said that he complied with a warrant for his arrest on Wednesday to prevent "bloodshed" but dismissed the investigation into him as "illegal." ...

SYDNEY -- Australia's government will inject a further 200 million Australian dollars ($123.7 million) into miner Arafura, bringing its support for the company's rare earths mine and refinery project ...