Hygon Information posted a 66.5% increase in first-half 2026 revenue as accelerating artificial intelligence deployment and stronger demand for domestically developed computing chips lifted sales of its high-end processors.

South Korea's semiconductor export boom was heavily concentrated in memory in July. Memory-chip export value surged 276.9% year over year, while system semiconductor exports slipped 0.7%, as server demand and higher memory prices created a sharp split between the two segments.

A new US government-linked report says American tariff revenue is being drained by tens of billions of dollars a year through illegal transshipment, with exporters routing China-origin goods through more than 40 third countries — many of them in Asia — to dodge higher US duties. The report, titled "The Great Transshipment Scam," traces the practice to Chinese exporters' response to the Section 301 tariffs imposed in 2018 and estimates current annual illegal transshipment flows at US$40 billion to US$303 billion, depending on methodology.

Kioxia is developing a PCIe Gen6 optical SSD and hopes to work with customers on its next prototype, as the Japanese memory maker tackles cost and reliability hurdles that still stand between the technology and mass production.

Chinese AI video-generation models are taking the world by storm. This competitive edge is not only disrupting Hollywood, but could also extend into the realm of "world models."

Hyundai Motor Group and the South Korean government are accelerating a KRW9 trillion (approx. US$6.3 billion) robot and AI investment plan for the Saemangeum area in Jeollabuk-do, aiming to turn it into a global robot foundry. Yet analysts caution that the current funding structure can hardly support the development of the robotics sector, given that robotics R&D and core supply chains remain concentrated in the capital region and Gyeongsang-do.