Seoul's Kospi stock index dived more than eight percent to lead a rout across Asia on Monday as tech firms were hammered and strong US jobs data fuelled bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

The sell-off was biggest in South Korea, where the Kospi index sank as much as 7 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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