The semiconductor supercycle has buoyed Korea’s struggling low-growth economy, but growing reliance on the sector is raising concerns that it could deepen inequality across industries, firms and workers

Bank of Korea raised its 2026 growth forecast to 2.6% and inflation projection to 2.7% as AI-driven semiconductor exports surge, complicating monetary

The semiconductor supercycle has buoyed Korea’s struggling low-growth economy, but growing reliance on the sector is raising concerns that it could deepen inequality across…

Policymakers are growing increasingly concerned that a wave of liquidity generated by the ongoing semiconductor boom could spill over into Korea's...

South Korea's exports surged 60.4% in early June, driven by AI semiconductor demand. Korean retail crypto trading volume fell 28% as capital rotates to chip

Chip exports again led gains, soaring 188.4 per cent from a year earlier. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Kim Yong-beom says the wealth from Korea’s semiconductor boom risks pooling in property, and is pressing for changes to how housing is taxed.