South Korea
TypeCountry
Also known as: south · south-korean · Korean · korea · seoul · republic-of-korea · เกาหลีใต้ · ประเทศเกาหลีใต้ · สาธารณรัฐเกาหลี
Northeast Asian economy with major chipmakers (Samsung, SK Hynix), AI labs, and policy ties to the US-China chip-export rivalry. Frequently leads global semiconductor supply-chain coverage. NOTE 2026-05-26 Sprint 3c: existing aliases 'south' and 'korea' are overly broad — flagged for future audit; not removed in 3c to avoid cluster-decision destabilization, but should not be the model for new entries.
117 mentions · 58 days · first seen Apr 3, 2026 · last seen Aug 23, 2026
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Timeline
August 2026 18 stories · 8 days
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- 33China’s historic Chang’e-7 mission to drill for ice near the moon’s south pole has been delayed South China Morning Post Tech
- 31Inside South Korea’s chipmaking cram schools Financial Times
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- 56South Korea’s Shinhan joins forces with Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, Orca for tokenized fund issuance The Block
- 48Last week, a revealed that the U.S. was preparing to tell dozens of countries to pick a side Fortune Technology
- 47Upbit trading volume spikes 273% as South Korean investors re-enter crypto The Block
- 43Nvidia and South Korean chip company Rebellions discussing potential collaboration, report Datacenter Dynamics
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- 52President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea Fortune Technology
- 38Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea NBC News Tech
- 37Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos Wired
- 36Trump tells Hegseth to cut back U.S.-South Korea drills Axios
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- 40In 2022, BMW itself launched that, in countries including the U.K. and South Korea The Atlantic Technology
July 2026 21 stories · 12 days
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- 47South Korea's SK Hynix, Samsung to Put AI Trade to the Test | The Pulse 7/6/2026 Bloomberg
- 46Samsung unveiled in March that it aims to fully automate its fabs by 2030, drawing backlash from chip workers MIT Technology Review
- 44EY sacks staff for allegedly accessing Australian Prime Minister’s bank account The Register
- 40South Korea publishes crypto-specific procedures for asset seizures and liquidation: report The Block
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- 40Amazon signs 1.95 million carbon removal agreement in South Africa Datacenter Dynamics
June 2026 22 stories · 12 days
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- 52South Korea’s Toss Bank to test blockchain-based financial infrastructure on Solana The Block
- 44Bank of Korea pushes CBDC deposit token initiative to test real-world usage: report The Block
- 41SK Hynix overtakes Samsung as South Korea’s most valuable firm Crypto Briefing
- 28South Korea’s Policy Chief Flags Property Risks From Chip Windfall Bloomberg
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- 46Fire burns Google Cloud India’s network, which remains slow a week later The Register
- 31‘Not giving up on any market’: John Lee on his strategy to push Hong Kong’s interests South China Morning Post Tech
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- 30South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday for sending drones into North Korea South China Morning Post Tech
- 30US Park Police opened an investigation on Thursday into giant markings of the numbers “8647”, which have been associated South China Morning Post Tech
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- 63Bitcoin falls back below $63,000 as Iran-Israel trade strikes and Korean stocks crash CoinDesk
- 62Bitcoin reclaims $63,000 in ‘oversold relief rally’; South Korea’s KOSPI plunges 8% The Block
- 46Foreign investors have dumped billions of dollars of Korean stocks this year despite record rally CNBC Technology
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- 52Learn more about RTX Spark and its launch teams up NVIDIA Blog
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May 2026 31 stories · 12 days
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- 52South Korea's memory chipmaker joins Samsung and Micron in the trillion-dollar club Crypto Briefing
- 49At the same time, Microsoft rolled out is set to spend ZAR 5.4 billion ($300 million) by the end of 2027 IEEE Spectrum AI
- 48SK Hynix hits $1 trillion valuation as AI boom lifts South Korean chip stocks CNBC Technology
- 44South Korean prosecutors have charged multiple individuals behind a Solana-based memecoin project named CatFi The Block
- 37South Korea charges CATFI memecoin operators in first DEX rug-pull case: Report Cointelegraph
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- 58South Korean funeral company releases $33 million loss on leveraged ether ETF bet CoinDesk
- 54Individuals, businesses, and Bitcoin miners in South Carolina have earned protections for the use, custody Decrypt
- 49South Carolina Enacts Bitcoin-Friendly Law, Bans CBDC Apply by State Entities Bitcoin Magazine
- 44South Korean funeral company logs $33 million loss on leveraged ether ETF bet Crypto Briefing
- 38McMaster Signs Anti-CBDC Crypto Law, Protects Self-Custody Rights Bitcoin.com News
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- 33Hana Bank Picks up 6.55% of Upbit Parent Dunamu in $670 million Crypto Push Bitcoin.com News
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- 50The two companies are discussing plans to buy around 20% of Coinone each, according to the report CoinDesk
- 50In April 2026, competitor Woori Bank announced a partnership with MoonPay to develop similar stablecoin technology CoinDesk
- 45The Block has reached out to OKX for further comment on the reported matters The Block
- 43Hana Financial to acquire 6.55% stake in Upbit operator Dunamu for $668 million Cointelegraph
- 42OKX reportedly eyes Coinone stake in South Korea push Cointelegraph
- 39OKX Eyes A 20% Stake In South Korean Exchange, Here’s What It Signals For The Region Bitcoinist
- 36OKX confirmed to pursue 20% stake in South Korean crypto exchange Coinone Crypto Briefing
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- 46K-drama and K-pop focused holding company looks to sell off legacy assets, shift to AI and data centers Datacenter Dynamics
- 46SoftBank publishes Japanese battery storage business, production plant to house AI data center Datacenter Dynamics
- 44Intel, SK hynix shares surge following posts of chip packaging partnership Tom's Hardware
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April 2026 25 stories · 14 days
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- 40Naver locks in $270m loan for AI data center in Sejong, South Korea Datacenter Dynamics
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- 47The advent of AI hacking systems has picked up fears of a near future in which anyone can deploy automated systems Wired
- 43SK Hynix posts record first-quarter profit, in line with estimates as memory prices climb CNBC Technology
- 43SK Hynix to invest $12.85bn in furthered packaging plant in Cheongju, South Korea Datacenter Dynamics
- 42SK Hynix’s aspirations for ’Merica-made HBM inch closer to reality The Register
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- 48Population data comes from KOSIS (2020–2026 releases); name distributions come from the Supreme Court of Korea Hugging Face
- 37Modular data center readied at steel factory in South Wales, UK Datacenter Dynamics
- 33Google publishes Gemini in Chrome in 7 new countries TechCrunch AI
- 30Samsung asks court to stop workers engaging in “illegal activities” during upcoming strike Datacenter Dynamics
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- 39PDG breaks ground on latest Mumbai data center Datacenter Dynamics
- 36Seeking to save Gen Z from foreign influence, China has quietly banned K-Pop for a full decade Fortune Technology
- 35Microsoft Azure's UK South region experiences capacity issues - report Datacenter Dynamics
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- 41Focus returns to the Falkland Islands on the April 2 anniversary of 1982 war, in photos Associated Press Technology