South Korea's June 2026 exports surged 70.9% year-over-year to $102.25 billion, the fastest growth since October 1978, driven by a 199.5% jump in semiconductor exports to $44.8 billion as global AI ch…
Asia's manufacturing sector expanded in June driven by global AI demand, offsetting economic drag from the Iran war, with China, Japan, and South Korea reporting growth in factory activity due to robu…
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix pledged 3,200 trillion won ($2.07 trillion) in investments to expand South Korea's memory chip production capacity, betting on sustained AI demand. The plan aims to do…
South Korea's National Growth Fund will scale up investment in the physical AI sector, with LS Cable & System Ltd. named as the first recipient, according to Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee…
South Korea's exports surged 49.7% in the first 20 days of June, driven by a 188.4% jump in semiconductor shipments as AI demand fuels a historic boom. Samsung and SK Hynix announced $520B in new chip…
South Korea announced a plan to build four memory fabs costing 800 trillion won, with Samsung and SK financing all construction while the state provides power, water, and expedited permits. The deal r…
The United States, Japan, and South Korea announced a joint initiative to combat North Korea's cryptocurrency crimes, including theft, money laundering, and AI-driven hacking, aiming to disrupt financ…
The US, Japan, and South Korea held their fifth trilateral working group meeting on June 25-26 to coordinate against North Korea's crypto theft operations, which accounted for 76% of global crypto hac…
South Korea's government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to megaprojects that include $585 billion for new chip fabrication plants, $357 billion for AI data centers, and a push to co…
South Korean crypto data aggregator YouthMeta partnered with Thai Sen. Parinya Wongcherdkwan to launch an AI-powered educational platform in Thailand, integrating blockchain technology for youth empow…
BlackRock Investment Institute downgraded broad emerging-market equities from overweight to neutral, citing risks from AI supply chain concentration in Taiwan and South Korea. The firm still sees oppo…
SPHERE AX signed an MOU with Blaize Holdings to collaborate on edge AI products, targeting smart cities, factories, security, robotics, and mobility. The partnership aims to combine Blaize's AI semico…
South Korea's KOSPI surged 68% in Q2 2026, its best quarterly performance since 1998, driven by semiconductor giants Samsung and SK Hynix riding the AI wave. However, volatility spiked with 20 single-…
South Korea will examine ways to shorten nuclear plant construction timelines from nine to ten years to meet power demands from AI and semiconductor industries, presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-s…
The US and China are engaged in an AI-cybersecurity cold war, with open Chinese AI models advancing while US cyberweapons remain unavailable. South Korea plans a $590 billion investment in chipmaking …
Chinese humanoid startups AI²Robotics and X Square Robot both surpassed 20 billion RMB in valuation on the same day, with AI²Robotics raising nearly 5 billion RMB and X Square Robot completing four ro…
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are investing at least 1,350 trillion won ($880 billion) in chips and data centers, with potential plans to increase spending to 2,000 trillion won ($1.3 trillion) ove…
South Korea announced a $520 billion chip plant project in partnership with Samsung and SK Hynix to dominate the global semiconductor market, aiming to solidify its position in advanced AI chip produc…
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix announced a combined 800 trillion won ($518 billion) investment to build a new chipmaking hub in southwestern South Korea, aiming to meet surging AI-driven demand for …
South Korea unveiled sweeping chip and AI megaprojects worth US$650 billion on Monday, as President Lee Jae Myung pledged to cement the nation's leadership in the global AI and semiconductor market. T…