Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

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

U.S. grants TSMC annual licence to import U.S. chipmaking tools into China

The U.S. government has granted an annual licence to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to import U.S. chip manufacturing equipment to its facilities in Nanjing, China, the chipmaker said on Thursday.

2026-01-01

Samsung chairman meets Tesla's Elon Musk, AMD's Lisa Su during U.S. trip

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned from a U.S. business trip where he met with AMD CEO Lisa Su and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a coast-to-coast trip to lay the groundwork for the company's strategy next year.

2025-12-16

East Asian triangle in flux: Taiwan up, Japan back, Korea at risk

The U.S.-China power struggle is reshaping the economic landscape of the East Asian “JaKoTa” triangle — Japan, Korea and Taiwan — with Taiwan rising rapidly on the back of its overwhelming strength in the semiconductor foundry sector.

2025-12-13

SK hynix ponders U.S. stock market listing through ADR as AI chip demand soars

SK hynix said Wednesday that it is considering a U.S. stock-market listing through an American depositary receipt (ADR) program, but stressed it had not made a decision.

2025-12-10

머스크가 TSMC에 뒤쳐진 삼성에 165억 달러를 베팅한 이유

Elon Musk's recent decision to tap Samsung Electronics for AI5 and AI6 chips for Tesla has come as a surprise, given the lingering technology gap in custom fabrication between the Korean chip giant and Taiwan's TSMC.

2025-11-19

Edge in chip supercycle swings to production capacity, says DigiTimes CEO

Semiconductor production capacity will remain a more decisive driver of profitability than technical prowess amid the ongoing AI chip supercycle, DigiTimes founder and CEO Colley Hwang said on Monday.

2025-11-10

반도체 특수 속 한국과 대만, 두 ‘아시아의 호랑이’의 엇갈린 성장 경로

The growth trajectories of Korea and Taiwan — the two chip-driven economies once collectively called "Asian Tigers" — are diverging sharply amid the AI boom.

2025-10-29

A tale of two Asian Tigers: Why Korea, Taiwan face diverging growth paths amid chip boom

The growth trajectories of Korea and Taiwan – the two chip-driven Asian economies – are diverging sharply amid the AI boom.

2025-10-21

Samsung’s leadership dilemma, Nvidia’s generational shift: Inside the chip giants’ boardrooms

As the landscape convulses under the twin pressures of artificial intelligence and geopolitics, five titans — Samsung Electronics, Intel, SK hynix, Micron and TSMC — are experimenting with radically different models of governance.

2025-09-23