MarketsStrong AI capex lifts Korea, Taiwan and Japan; profit taking may create blipsSouth Korea has become the second country which has more than one "$1 trillion" company following the U.S. (File photo by Yuki Nakao)JADA NAGUMOMay 27, 2026 15:46 JSTTOKYO -- Receding concerns over the Iran war and the AI capital spending boom have turbocharged East Asian stock markets, with those in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan repeatedly reaching record highs as shares in tech giants like SK Hynix take off.