U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 162,000 in August, nearly triple the 55,000 forecast, while July's figure was revised from a 23,000-job decline to a 21,000-job gain. CME FedWatch showed the probability of a September Federal Reserve rate increase moving above 50% after the report, while Bitcoin fell more than 2% from $81,300 to a low of $78,600. In South Korea, investors rotated from correcting semiconductor shares toward energy-storage and solid-state battery exchange-traded funds and recovering shipbuilders; Korea Gas Corporation fell 6.90% after the government announced a planned merger with Korea National Oil Corporation.