In Seoul, the benchmark KOSPI rose 39 points at around 3,601 in early trading, while the junior Kosdaq gained 5.2 points to open at 853.2.
Japanese shares climbed even higher, with the Nikkei 225 jumping 599.4 points to 47,446.7, buoyed by strong buying in technology and manufacturing stocks.
Not all Asian bourses joined the rally though. In China, the Shanghai Composite Index slipped 24.3 points to 3,865.2 amid renewed trade tensions between the U.S. and China, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's more accommodative tone just a day after he threatened to impose additional tariffs of 100 percent on Chinese exports in response to Beijing's plans to restrict exports of rare earths.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index also dropped 448 points to 25,441.
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