
AI, South Korea: Chip boom fills government coffers with taxes
Some call it a bubble, others a revolution. Meanwhile, South Korea is already counting real money: an unexpected windfall.
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Some call it a bubble, others a revolution. Meanwhile, South Korea is already counting real money: an unexpected windfall.

Finding public funding is a bureaucratic nightmare. But in South Korea, a GitHub project promises to simplify life for businesses, using artificial intelligence.

Ever heard of SK Hynix? Probably not, but this chip company just made a massive leap, becoming South Korea's second most valuable.

South Korea is betting everything on AI: 1.35 trillion won ($880 billion) to dominate global chip markets. President Lee Jae Myung didn't sugarcoat it: he called it a "national survival strategy."
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When an industry truly booms, there's always extra cash. South Korea is funneling its semiconductor tax windfall into a new fund for long-term growth.

The Korean Won just got a nice boost. It's all thanks to preparations for a wave of US dollars hitting the market.
South Korea is betting big on AI, committing at least $880 billion to infrastructure deemed essential for survival in the AI era. Samsung and SK Hynix aren't just participating — they're leading the charge.
When a country starts printing billions from a booming industry, that cash has to go somewhere. Guess where it always ends up? Real estate, where prices skyrocket and regular folks watch their homes become untouchable.

As AI fever pushes South Koreans to bet bigger than ever on Samsung and SK Hynix, regulators just realized the game is getting risky. Now they're stepping in to pump the brakes — before someone gets badly burned.

When a country decides that artificial intelligence is the game that actually matters, the moves get serious. South Korea just nominated Han Seong-sook, a tech industry veteran, as prime minister — and no, that's not a coincidence.