Bank of Korea: The impact of cost pressures on core CPI may last for up to 2 years.

Bank of Korea: Affected by the base. Inflation may fall to 2% in June-July.

European Mediterranean Seismological Center: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan.

The Bangladeshi taka was down 0.9 percent against the dollar.

Bank of Korea: The gradual slowdown in core inflation is expected to continue until the middle of this year.

The Sri Lankan rupee rose 1.1% against the dollar, its biggest gain in more than two weeks.

According to RIA Novosti: Japan and Ukraine signed a memorandum on the reconstruction of Ukraine. Japan intends to use its experience in rebuilding after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to help Ukraine rebuild housing, sewers, transport infrastructure and schools.

Malaysian PM: Reducing stamp duty will boost investor interest.

The Bank of Thailand says virtual banks should not share critical IT systems.

Central Bank of the Philippines Governor Medalla: There are good reasons to pause rate hikes at next meeting.

Market news: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will give a briefing to the media on the evening of June 21.

Iran has set the price of Iranian light crude oil sold to Asia in July at a premium of $3 a barrel over the Oman/Dubai price.

The one-month Hong Kong dollar Hibor rose 6 basis points to 5.03%, the highest level since December 2022.

Rio Tinto: A self-driving iron ore train derailed in Western Australia on Saturday.

The Philippine stock index fell 1 percent to 6,442.68.