HONG KONG: Asian equities were back in the red Thursday, snuffing out a nascent recovery as spiralling tensions over North Korea lingered for a second day.

Markets had taken heart earlier in the day after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to play down the escalating war of words between Washington and Pyongyang.

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