In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2.5%, and South Korea's Kospi lost 1.2%.
Singapore's main index slumped 2.2% to 2924.95 while Korea's Kospi was 1.6% lower at 1956.44.
South Korea's Kospi Composite Index was off 0.1% while Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.2%.
In Seoul, the Kospi index settled 0.66 percent higher to close at 1912.
But South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.1 percent to 1, 920.40 as tensions lingered on the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea's Kospi Composite was down 0.4% and Singapore's Straits Times Index lost 0.3%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite was down 0.2% and Singapore's Straits Times Index lost 0.2%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 1% and Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.8%.
Samsung Electronics gained 0.7% in Seoul and South Korea's Kospi Composite which advanced 0.5% to 2020.74.
Japan resisted the firmer yen to climb 0.3% and South Korea's Kospi Composite added 0.4%.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average is 3% higher so far this year, while Korea's Kospi is flat.
South Korea's Kospi Composite retreated 1% to 1959.41 and Singapore's Straits Times Index was last down 0.3%.
Japan's Nikkei Average was 1.8% higher at 8721.02 and South Korea's Kospi also climbed 1.8% to 1891.71.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 1.2% to 13220.07 and South Korea's Kospi Composite lost 1.2% to 1900.06.
South Korea's Kospi held on to gains, adding 0.6%, to 1975.35, after record results from Samsung Electronics.
South Korea's Kospi Composite fell 0.5% to 1993.34 and Singapore's Strait Times index was last up 0.4%.
Gains in South Korean stocks were more limited, with the Kospi ending up just 0.1% at 2002.13.
The Kospi edged up less than a point on the week, its first weekly gain in three weeks.
Elsewhere in the region, South Korea's Kospi Composite was off 0.4% and Singapore's Straits Times Index rose 0.2%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite ended up 0.5% at 1993.44 and Singapore's Strait Times index was last up 0.6%.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.4 percent to 23, 729.53 while South Korea's Kospi shed 0.1 percent to 1, 961.94.
South Korea's Kospi Composite down 3.1% in late-morning trading after initially dropping 4.4%.
South Korea's Kospi finished the day 0.3% higher at 1817.79, while Japanese markets were closed for a public holiday.
In Asia, only South Korea's perennially cheap Kospi is cheaper, at 9.2 times.
Elsewhere in the region, South Korea's Kospi Composite closed up 0.1% at 1923.84.
South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.4 percent to 1, 950.82 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended 0.1 percent down at 22, 225.88.
South Korea's Kospi opened higher but then gave up its gains by midday.
South Korea's Kospi Composite slipped 0.8%, weighed down by its single largest constituent Samsung Electronics, which fell 2.7%.
South Korea's Kospi was 0.2% lower and Singapore's Strait Times Index added 0.1%.
South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.4% to 1817.81, despite a recovery in technology stocks that were heavily sold on Monday.
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