Asian shares slip on South Korea risk, dollar on guard ahead of payrolls

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.3% in part due to a 1.7% drop in South Korea's KOSPI. The Korean won fell 0.8% to 1,425.42 per dollar, tumbling towards the low of 1,443.4 hit on Tuesday after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in the country.