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How chip-fuelled wealth is reshaping South Korea
Its leaders must decide how to manage a big windfall from AI
TL;DRAI
Samsung and SK Hynix report +1,800% and +557% operating profit YoY by supplying AI infrastructure chips, reshaping South Korean wealth and talent markets. The windfall raises urgent policy questions on equitable distribution and market volatility—a template for how nations manage AI-infrastructure-driven economic concentration.
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