Korea Joongang Daily
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U.S.-Taiwan strongarm deal leaves Korean chip makers worried they might be next

Taiwan has secured exemptions from U.S. tariffs by pledging to expand production on U.S. soil. Analysts see limited immediate impact for Korea but it underscores the vulnerability of its export-driven chip industry to shifting U.S. trade rules.

2026-01-16

Korean trade officials scramble to determine impact of Trump's AI chip tariff

Korean officials, including the country's chief trade negotiator, began an urgent review of the potential fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff on AI semiconductors.

2026-01-15

Why the AI bubble isn't a bubble at all, explains Merck’s next chairman

Kai Beckmann, newly-appointed Merck Group chair who currently serves as CEO of the Electronics Business of Merck, dismisses the skepticism surrounding a supposed AI bubble as overstated, insisting that it is a technology that is here to “stay.”

2026-01-15

Samsung faces first-ever majority labor union as burning resentment over bonuses drives membership

Samsung Electronics faces rapid union growth as engineers express dissatisfaction over bonus structures despite record profits, potentially leading to the formation of a majority labor union.

2026-01-14

Hyundai Motor completes development on on-device AI-powered chip

Hyundai Motor Group's Robotics Lab has developed a processor designed to run tasks locally on a device by using AI.

2026-01-09

Samsung chief's stock value more than doubles amid chip boom in 2025

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong saw the value of his stock holdings more than double in 2025 on the back of strong gains in the Korean tech giant's share price amid the global AI boom, data showed Monday.

2026-01-05

Samsung, SK hynix accelerate memory output amid AI boom

Korean chipmakers are ramping up memory production to meet surging demand from AI servers, industry analysts said Sunday, as competition intensifies across the global semiconductor industry.

2025-12-21

Samsung unveils Exynos 2600 mobile chip slated to power Galaxy S26 series

The Exynos 2600 is expected to power the upcoming Galaxy S26 series, slated for release early next year. It is a mobile system-on-chip (SoC) built using a two-nanometer gate-all-around (GAA) process.

2025-12-19

Taiwan turns to Korean grads as it chips away at Korea's semiconductor lead

Micron, a competitor of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix in the chip race, is turning Taiwan into a key production base for high bandwidth memory (HBM) — and it's accelerating efforts to recruit Korean talent to make that work.

2025-12-17

Exclusive: Samsung chief meets with Elon Musk in Texas months after major chip deal

Samsung Electronics' Lee Jae-yong met with Elon Musk and toured the Tesla semiconductor plant in Texas, signaling the two tech giants' possible cooperation in the future as competition intensifies in the advanced chipmaking industry.

2025-12-12