Taiwan emerges as key growth market for Korean goods amid declining exports to U.S., China

Korea’s exports to Taiwan are growing rapidly, driven by rising demand for high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips and offshore wind infrastructure

2025-06-24

Korean chip suppliers hopeful on Nintendo Switch 2's first week sales

Nintendo’s first new console in eight years, the Nintendo Switch 2, has found breakout success, selling 3.5 million units in just four days. Sales are fueling optimism that Korea’s semiconductor industry will benefit from the new device's popularity.

2025-06-14

Korea, Japan, Taiwan highlight potential U.S. chip tariff pitfalls, call for rethinking new levies

Korea, Japan and Taiwan have underscored the potential pitfalls of possible U.S. tariffs on chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME), warning that the duties, if imposed, would raise costs for the U.S. chipmaking industry.

2025-05-22

TSMC Q1 profit set to jump, but Trump's policies cloud its future

TSMC, the main global producer of advanced chips used in AI applications, is set to report a 57 percent leap in first-quarter profit on Thursday, though it is also likely to flag risks from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies.

2025-04-17

SK Group chief Chey Tae-won arrives in Taiwan to tighten ties with TSMC

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has touched down in Taiwan alongside SK hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung as the Korean chipmaker looks to strengthen ties with TSMC for mass production of its next-generation AI memory chips.

2025-04-10

TSMC may face $1B fine in U.S. after chip found in Huawei AI processor

TSMC could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a U.S. export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a Huawei AI processor, according to two people familiar with the matter.

2025-04-09

Samsung to reassess client relations to compete with 'customer-first' TSMC

Samsung Electronics has openly admitted that it must focus on its foundry clients as its struggles in the business continue with no end in sight.

2025-03-22

Trump says TSMC will invest $100 billion to build advanced chip manufacturing facilities in U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will invest $100 billion to build advanced chip-producing facilities in the United States, as he is seeking to use tariffs to bolster domestic manufacturing.

2025-03-04

TSMC weighing investment in chip design startup FuriosaAI

Investment negotiations between chip giant TSMC and chip design startup FuriosaAI are underway as the Korean firm looks to steady ship after underwhelming local investment.

2025-02-27

China says Taiwan seeks to give away chip industry to U.S.

China said Wednesday that Taiwan was seeking to give away the island's semiconductor industry to the United States as a "souvenir" and leverage it to seek political support from Washington.