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2026-06-29 18:07 [Industry Trend] [SRC↗]

South Korea Launches Massive $900 Billion Semiconductor and AI Infrastructure Initiative

South Korea's leading tech companies, including Samsung and SK Hynix, have announced plans to invest over $900 billion in memory chip manufacturing and AI data centers. Supported by the national government, this massive...

[infrastructure scaling] [semiconductors] [South Korea] [high-bandwidth memory] [hardware supply chain]

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2025-09-27 14:00 [Policy and Regulation] [SRC↗]

South Korea Invests $390 Million in Domestic AI Companies to Challenge OpenAI and Google

South Korea has launched a ₩530 billion ($390 million) sovereign AI initiative, funding five local companies to develop large-scale foundational models that can compete with global AI giants. The government will review p...

[Large Language Models] [OpenAI Competition] [sovereign ai] [South Korea] [national AI policy]

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