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SHAH ALAM - Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin perlu melepaskan jawatannya dengan segera kerana tindakannya bukan sahaja bertentangan dengan perlembagaan negara, malah secara jelas mencabar kuasa Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Ketua Penerangan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin berkata, pengumuman Muhyiddin pada Jumaat secara terbuka mendakwa blok pembangkang tidak mempunyai sokongan majoriti, jelas telah melangkaui kuasa Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

South Korean and Chinese refiners have snapped up at least 5 million barrels of U.S. Mars crude loading in September, taking advantage of lower prices in recent weeks, industry sources said.

Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, was released on parole on Friday, with hopes high at the tech giant that he will also soon be allowed to work as big investment decisions await him.

South Korea's Samsung SDI Co Ltd (006400.KS) is considering building a battery plant in central Illinois, Senator Dick Durbin told reporters on Thursday.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo on Thursday discussed supply chain resiliency efforts, tackling climate change, and reform of the World Trade Organization, the USTR said in a statement.

Chinese battery giant CATL (300750.SZ) said it was planning a private share placement to raise up to 58.2 billion yuan ($8.98 billion) to fund six projects aimed at boosting its production capacity of lithium-ion batteries.

Most Asian equity markets continued to ignore record highs hit elsewhere in the world and fell in early trading on Friday, though Australia bucked the trend.

South Korea and Turkey have signed a currency swap agreement that will allow both countries to provide liquidity for the counterparty in a move aimed at strengthening financial stability, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said on Thursday.

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi visited Yasukuni shrine on Friday, according to local media, paying his respects at the shrine for war dead that is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.

Asian shares retreated on Thursday as worries about Chinese regulatory changes and the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus weighed on sentiment despite tame U.S. inflation easing fears the Federal Reserve would rush to reduce support.