(Photo=MotionElements) South Korea’s experiment with single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds has moved from a market innovation to a political problem. After weeks of sharp swings tied to products tracking the country’s biggest chipmakers, lawmakers are no longer debating only how to regulate them. They are questioning whether the products should be allowed to use the term “ETF” at all. The controversy

(Photo=MotionElements) South Korea’s semiconductor industry continues to benefit from the global artificial intelligence boom, but new data suggest that much of the country’s broader industrial economy is moving in the opposite direction. As renewed conflict in the Middle East drives up energy costs and adds uncertainty to global supply chains, business confidence across many of South Korea’s key manufacturing sectors

Photo=Nvidia Nvidia said on Aug. 27 it has launched the Open Secure AI Alliance, bringing together nearly 40 technology companies, cybersecurity firms and research organizations to develop open AI security technologies as the industry confronts growing cybersecurity risks tied to artificial intelligence. The alliance marks Nvidia's latest effort to expand its role beyond AI chips into AI safety, cybersecurity and

(Photo=BIGHIT MUSIC) South Korean pop group BTS has returned to the Billboard 200’s Top 10 months after releasing its latest album, demonstrating how global live events and carefully timed releases can extend the commercial life of K-pop far beyond a traditional album launch. The group’s fifth studio album, ARIRANG, climbed from No. 26 to No. 9 on the latest Billboard

(Photo=openai) OpenAI is strengthening its ties with South Korea as the competition to build artificial intelligence shifts from developing better models to securing the advanced semiconductor infrastructure needed to power them. That strategy was underscored when Jay Y. Lee, executive chairman of Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturers, met OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman