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Is Morgan Stanley being overly pessimistic about semiconductors?Optimists and pessimists are debating the mid-term prospects of the memory semiconductor industry.Some observers expect Korean chipmakers Samsung Elec...
Microsoft, OpenAI to remove nude images from AI learning data — will Korean companies follow suit?American AI firms, including Microsoft and OpenAI, have agreed to eliminate nude images from their AI learning datasets to prevent the proliferation o...
Samsung stock prices fall like autumn leaves at signs of chip winter’s impending arrivalA pall has been hanging over the South Korean stock market for the past two months — and Samsung Electronics has been central to it.The top-ranked ite...
Hyundai, GM forge sweeping partnership covering manufacturing and tech developmentHyundai and GM, two of the world’s five biggest automakers, are forming a partnership.Hyundai Motor Company ranks third in the world, while GM is fift...
Korean chipmakers on alert after US presses for export controls on advanced tech to ChinaThe US Department of Commerce has hinted that Korea should consider placing export controls on Korean-manufactured advanced chips, such high-bandwidth...
Excess household, corporate debt is inhibiting Korea’s economic growth, BIS report saysSouth Korea’s level of household and corporate debt has reached a level with the potential to inhibit economic growth, an international organization c...
Korean economy’s backbone industries reel from Chinese supply glutLG Chem, a company that boasts 80 trillion won in assets, recorded operating profits of around 1.2 billion won from its petrochemical business in the ...
Upswing over already? Why DRAM prices are already fallingA recent dip in the price of DRAM is drawing attention to conditions in the memory semiconductor industry.Conditions in the DRAM industry, which is le...
Disparity in admission to top Korean universities is 75% attributable to parental economic power, BOK findsEmpirical analysis findings show that the socioeconomic background of students, rather than their academic potential, influences their chances of matr...
Presidential office’s expression of disappointment with rate freeze draws criticismFor the 13th consecutive time, the Bank of Korea (BOK) has moved to keep its benchmark interest rate frozen at 3.5%. The central bank explained that t...
Korean household debt reaches another new high as mortgages soar by 16 trillion wonHousehold debt in Korea reached an all-time high in the second quarter of 2024 amid rising home prices and household loans.The amount of debt is poise...
US, Chinese firms dominate AI publications, while Samsung comes in at No. 14The US company Alphabet is the business that has published the most frequently cited academic papers on artificial intelligence (AI), study findings s...
Despite rebound from panic sell-off, markets likely to stay volatile for time beingStocks in South Korea and other Asian countries rebounded following a plunge prompted by economic jitters in the US. Given the increasing volatility i...
Korea’s KOSPI tanks 8% in single worst trading day since 2008 financial crisisAmid talk of an AI bubble and fears of a US recession, South Korea’s domestic stocks plummeted. The KOSPI fell at a rate unseen since the 2008 financi...
Major crisis at Kakao could strip it of majority stake in KakaoBankKakao Corp is facing its biggest crisis yet with its founder’s arrest. As the industry rapidly reorganizes around artificial intelligence tech, an alr...

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