Updated: Asian stocks up after Dow breaks through 20,000 milestone

SEOUL, South Korea — Shares advanced across Asia on Thursday, the last full trading day before many markets start Lunar New Year holidays, as investors cheered the Dow Jones industrial average’s first ever close above the 20,000 milestone. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged 1.8 percent to 19,402.39 and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.8 percent […]