Iranian media report explosions heard at Chabahar and Bandar Abbas ports.

LGT Private Bank Asia says the South Korean won’s medium-term outlook is constructive, citing record current-account surpluses, resilient tech and storage-chip exports spreading into the broader economy, and a hawkish Bank of Korea. LGT cut its USD/KRW forecasts to 3M 1490→1400, 6M 1460→1420 and 12M 1450→1420. The bank remains bullish on multi-year AI-driven growth in Korea but warns a hit to market sentiment or a slowdown in AI-related capex could prompt large equity outflows and quickly reverse won gains.

A senior official at Japan's Ministry of Finance said Finance Minister Katayama briefed G7 counterparts on the conditions for US-Japan coordinated currency intervention and the factors that would prompt such action.