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South Korea unveils plans for new AI data centers backed by ~$357.5B from SK Group, GS Group, and Naver, targeting 8.4GW initially and 18.4GW by 2035 (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
2026-6-29 Korea AI

A look at South Korea's four vocational “meister” schools that train students to work in semiconductor manufacturing, leading to jobs at Samsung and SK Hynix (www.nytimes.com)
2026-6-28 Korea Samsung Manufacturing

SK Hynix overtaking Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company is the culmination of 14 years of bets on HBM, which paid off as the AI boom took off (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-24 Korea Samsung AI

South Korean stocks plunge on AI overvaluation fears (www.rt.com)
2026-6-24 Korea AI

The Netherlands joins the US-led Pax Silica initiative alongside South Korea and Japan to coordinate AI supply chains; Taiwan endorses it as a non-signatory (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-23 Japan Korea Taiwan AI Netherlands

South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index falls 10%, dragged down by SK Hynix and Samsung; STMicro and ASML fall ~7%, and US tech stocks fall in pre-market trading (www.cnbc.com)
2026-6-23 Korea Samsung

SK Hynix passes Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company, closing up 5.6% for a ~$1.4T market cap; South Korea's Kospi index is up 117% YTD (www.wsj.com)
2026-6-22 Korea Samsung

Samsung rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to all staff in Korea and DX division staff globally; OpenAI says it's one of its largest enterprise deployments (biz.chosun.com)
2026-6-22 Korea Samsung

How success of AI-related companies in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan is driving stock gains, bigger bonuses, and a retail investing frenzy in Asian markets (www.wsj.com)
2026-6-21 Japan Korea Taiwan Retail AI

Microsoft links Mastra AI supply chain attack to North Korean hackers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-6-21 Korea Microsoft AI

South Korean media: Hyundai plans to buy SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325M to make the US robotics company a wholly owned subsidiary (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-20 Korea Robot Boston Dynamics

The Korean Telecom Giant At the Center of Anthropic's Mythos Controversy (slashdot.org)
2026-6-20 Korea

The Bank of Korea warns rising bonuses at some South Korean chipmakers could fuel broader wage growth and consumer spending, complicating the inflation outlook (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-18 Korea

South Korean and Taiwanese tech companies that helped build China's hardware sector during the smartphone boom now reap the AI boom as US curbs sideline China (www.nytimes.com)
2026-6-18 China Korea Taiwan AI

Sources: the White House's move to restrict Mythos 5 came after it ordered Anthropic to revoke South Korea-based SK Telecom's access over alleged ties to China (www.wired.com)
2026-6-18 China Korea

The nukes stay: China and North Korea are building something bigger (www.rt.com)
2026-6-17 China Korea

Mexican World Cup fan sparks anger with racist gesture behind South Korean supporter... and is now looking for a new job (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-6-16 Mexico Korea Racism

South Korea's “semiconductor belt” town Dongtan has become one of the fastest-rising affluent areas, driven by windfall bonuses for Samsung and SK Hynix workers (www.ft.com)
2026-6-13 Korea Samsung

Ex-South Korean President sentenced for trying to provoke conflict with Pyongyang (www.rt.com)
2026-6-13 Korea

Coupang hit with record $409 million data breach fine in Korea (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-6-11 Korea

South Korea fines US-listed Coupang ~$409M for inadequate safety systems and “negligent management” that caused a data breach affecting ~34M accounts (fortune.com)
2026-6-11 Korea

South Korean regulators fined Coupang $409M for a data leak in 2025 that exposed ~33.7M accounts and escalated into a diplomatic conflict with the US (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-11 Korea

Australia should take interest in Takaichi's efforts to return abductees from North Korea (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-6-9 Australia Korea

Nvidia says South Korea's Naver will use its technology to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet rising global demand for AI services and physical AI (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-8 Korea AI Nvidia

Hormuz Jolts S. Korea to Grow Wind&Solar 3X by 2030 to 100 GW (www.juancole.com)
2026-6-7 Korea Solar

Taiwan and South Korea's stock market capitalizations overtake India's as global investors favor markets with companies positioned to benefit from the AI boom (www.ft.com)
2026-6-4 Korea India Taiwan AI

LG shares jumped 300%+ this year, after largely sitting out South Korea's chip-rally in 2025, as LG seeks to expand into physical AI businesses such as robots (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-1 Korea AI Robot

Samsung's Securities, SDS, and Card units jointly acquire a 4% stake in Dunamu, which runs South Korea's largest crypto exchange, in a ~$446M all-cash deal (www.koreaherald.com)
2026-5-28 Korea Samsung

North Korea tests new AI-guided missile systems (PHOTOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-5-28 Korea AI

Kelp DAO says its restaked Ether token has been restored after a five-week recovery effort following a $293M exploit by North Korea's Lazarus Group on April 18 (cointelegraph.com)
2026-5-26 Korea

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