Photo=president.go.kr A surge in power demand from artificial-intelligence data centers and semiconductor plants is creating a new investment opportunity in Texas, with South Korea and the U.S. nearing an agreement on a $22 billion gas-fired power project that could become the first major undertaking under Seoul’s broader $350 billion U.S. investment pledge. The proposed project in Encinal, Texas, would ultimately

(Photo=samsung) Samsung is opening its fall recruitment drive as the South Korean business group continues investing in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, batteries and displays, using a 70 year old hiring system to keep a steady pipeline of workers for industries where skilled talent can be as important as factories and equipment. The announcement is more than a routine hiring story.

Photo=Motionelements As employers compete for technology workers and seek new ways to improve productivity, weight-loss drugs are emerging as an unusual new employee benefit in South Korea—a trend that could eventually interest U.S. companies and investors watching the expanding role of GLP-1 drugs in workplace health programs. Pearl Abyss, a publicly traded South Korean video-game developer, recently began subsidizing Mounjaro

(Photo=MotionElements) Wall Street has spent much of the artificial intelligence boom focused on processors and the enormous data centers being built around them. The next constraint, however, may come from a less visible part of the AI infrastructure chain. Memory chips are becoming increasingly difficult to secure as spending on AI servers accelerates, potentially setting up one of the tightest

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s narrowing gender pay gap is becoming an increasingly important workforce issue for companies and investors as demographic decline tightens the country’s labor supply. The latest figures suggest that businesses able to retain and advance more women could gain an advantage in a market where experienced workers are becoming harder to replace—a trend U.S. investors may increasingly factor