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Chey, Wei and a chip heyday

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, left, meets with TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei in Taiwan on June 2 to discuss cooperation in AI semiconductors and pose for a commemorative photo.

2026.6.4

A woman walks past a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) sign at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu on July 5, 2023. [AFP/YONHAP]

Not just Samsung: Workers at TSMC also questioning bonus system in wake of record profits

Samsung Electronics employees voiced their frustration over SK hynix’s operating profit-linked bonus system over the past several months. Now similar discontent appears to be brewing among TSMC employees in Taiwan.

2026.5.25

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A banner commemorating the Kospi benchmark index breaking 7,000 is displayed outside the Korea Exchange in Seoul, on May 6. [AP/YONHAP]

Kospi blasts past 7,000 as Samsung tops $1 trillion, trump signals Iran deal progress

The Kospi surged past the 7,000 milestone on Wednesday, roughly two months after first breaching 6,000, as investors piled into semiconductor stocks after the United States signaled that a potential deal to end the conflict with Iran happen soon.

2026.5.6

TSMC pushes next-gen chip expansion while Samsung grapples with union

TSMC, the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, has begun once again moving on a 600 billion Taiwan dollar ($18.9 billion) site-development project for next-generation chip production in northern Taiwan.

2026.5.4

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to C.C. Wei, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), as they make an announcement about an investment from TSMC in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on March 3, 2025. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

U.S.-Taiwan strongarm deal leaves Korean chip makers worried they might be next

Taiwan has secured exemptions from U.S. tariffs by pledging to expand production on U.S. soil. Analysts see limited immediate impact for Korea but it underscores the vulnerability of its export-driven chip industry to shifting U.S. trade rules.

2026.1.16

U.S. grants TSMC annual licence to import U.S. chipmaking tools into China

The U.S. government has granted an annual licence to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to import U.S. chip manufacturing equipment to its facilities in Nanjing, China, the chipmaker said on Thursday.

2026.1.1

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Gimpo Business Aviation Center in western Seoul on Dec. 15 after completing a trip to the United States. [YONHAP]

Samsung chairman meets Tesla's Elon Musk, AMD's Lisa Su during U.S. trip

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned from a U.S. business trip where he met with AMD CEO Lisa Su and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a coast-to-coast trip to lay the groundwork for the company's strategy next year.

2025.12.16

East Asian triangle in flux: Taiwan up, Japan back, Korea at risk

The U.S.-China power struggle is reshaping the economic landscape of the East Asian “JaKoTa” triangle — Japan, Korea and Taiwan — with Taiwan rising rapidly on the back of its overwhelming strength in the semiconductor foundry sector.

2025.12.12

The SK hynix headquarters in Icheon, Gyeonggi, on July 24. [YONHAP]

SK hynix ponders U.S. stock market listing through ADR as AI chip demand soars

SK hynix said Wednesday that it is considering a U.S. stock-market listing through an American depositary receipt (ADR) program, but stressed it had not made a decision.

2025.12.10

Samsung's chip plant under construction in Taylor, Texas, left, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk [AFP/YONHAP]

머스크가 TSMC에 뒤쳐진 삼성에 165억 달러를 베팅한 이유

Elon Musk's recent decision to tap Samsung Electronics for AI5 and AI6 chips for Tesla has come as a surprise, given the lingering technology gap in custom fabrication between the Korean chip giant and Taiwan's TSMC.

2025.11.19