South Korea's AI chip boom is driving massive bonuses at SK hynix and Samsung, with average payouts potentially reaching $900,000 per employee by 2027, prompting the Bank of Korea to warn that semicon…
Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix have reallocated 93% of DRAM production to high-bandwidth memory for AI, causing a consumer chip shortage. This shift has raised component costs, pushing average smartpho…
Sovereign AI is shifting from a software model race to a supply chain security issue, as governments and companies worry about access to frontier AI models. The real challenge lies in securing the ent…
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro could start at $1,399 or higher due to rising memory chip costs, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. CEO Tim Cook acknowledged price increases are coming across Apple's …
SK Hynix shares surged more than 7% to a record high in Seoul, driven by renewed AI chip demand after Intel's bullish earnings report. The rally pushed South Korea's KOSPI index past 8,000 points for …
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's charismatic and approachable leadership style, showcased during a recent visit to Seoul, contrasts sharply with the reserved demeanor of Korean business leaders. His personal…
South Korea's Kospi and Japan's Nikkei 225 hit record highs on June 18, 2026, driven by surging AI chip demand. SK Hynix joined the trillion-dollar club, while Samsung and Tokyo Electron led gains, wi…
Anthropic Managing Director of International Chris Ciauri said during a press conference in Seoul that the company expects to restore access to its frontier AI models, including Fable 5, within days a…
CSOP Asset Management launched Hong Kong's first ETF tracking Korea's Kospi 200 Index on Thursday, with trading volume exceeding 30 billion won within minutes. The ETF offers Hong Kong investors diver…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman postponed his visit to Korea due to the birth of his second daughter, according to sources. The trip, which was to include meetings with Samsung Electronics, Naver, and Kakao, ha…
Samsung Electronics is betting on artificial intelligence and retreating from low-margin markets to revive its consumer products division, which accounted for just 2.6% of the company's enterprise val…
SK hynix shipped samples of its 12-layer HBM4E memory to major customers, entering customer qualification about three weeks after rival Samsung Electronics. The device offers 48GB capacity, 16Gbps per…
SK hynix has shipped samples of its 12-layer HBM4E memory to major customers, entering the customer-qualification stage weeks after rival Samsung Electronics claimed the industry's first such shipment…
The Bank of Korea held its benchmark interest rate at 2.50% for the eighth consecutive meeting while upgrading its 2026 growth forecast to 2.6% and inflation forecast to 2.7%, driven by an AI-fueled s…
Korean stocks rebounded late Wednesday morning, with the KOSPI rising 0.13 percent to 8,737.91, as retail investors bought market heavyweights despite a tech-led slide on Wall Street. Investors remain…
Seoul stocks opened lower Wednesday, with the KOSPI down 0.87 percent, following tech declines on Wall Street driven by Nvidia's bond sale plan and caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy update…
South Korea's presidential chief of staff for policy, Kim Yong-beom, proposed a "national dividend" plan to redistribute excess tax revenues from AI infrastructure profits to citizens, causing the Kos…
Politicians in Korea's southwest region hint that Samsung Electronics and SK hynix may invest in semiconductor packaging there, driven by the AI memory boom, but both companies deny knowledge of such …
Samsung Electronics will hold a global strategy meeting Tuesday to discuss business plans for the second half of the year, focusing on AI transformation and supply chain issues. The three-day meetings…
Asian tech stocks surged on Monday after the United States and Iran announced a peace agreement, with AI and semiconductor companies posting the largest gains. SoftBank rose 10%, SK Hynix climbed 6.42…