South Korea's early exports rise 50% in June on semiconductor demand

South Korea's early exports rise 50% in June on semiconductor demand

South Korea's chip exports surged 205.8% YoY as Samsung and SK Hynix ramped HBM for NVIDIA GPU scaling—$11.1B in 10 days. HBM is the AI bottleneck; Korea's 39% chip share signals intense buildout but creates single-point dependency if demand cools.