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title: "Japanese and South Korean stocks closed higher, with the KOSPI index hitting a new high."
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description: "South Korea's KOSPI index closed up 169.38 points, or 2.72%, at 6388.47 on Tuesday, April 21, a record high. Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed up 524.28 points, or 0.89%, at 59349.17 on Tuesday, April 21. (Jinshi)"
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# Japanese and South Korean stocks closed higher, with the KOSPI index hitting a new high.

South Korea's KOSPI index closed up 169.38 points, or 2.72%, at 6388.47 on Tuesday, April 21, a record high. Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed up 524.28 points, or 0.89%, at 59349.17 on Tuesday, April 21. (Jinshi)

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