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Taiwanese prosecutors detain two Supermicro employees in an investigation into alleged document forgery and shipments of Nvidia artificial intelligence servers to China in violation of U.S. export controls.
2026-07-2

Trade union members at Samsung Electronics in South Korea approve a long-term bonus agreement tied to semiconductor profits, averting a planned strike amid increased global demand for artificial intelligence-related memory chips.
2026-05-27

Vietnam's artificial intelligence (AI) law takes effect, mandating labeling of AI-generated content and disclosure when users interact with automated systems. The law, which applies to domestic and foreign developers, providers, and deployers operating in the country, also provides for the creation of a national AI data center.
2026-03-1

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index surpasses 6,000 points for the first time, crossing the threshold shortly after the opening of trading.
2026-02-25

American technology company Meta agrees to purchase millions of artificial intelligence chips from AMD, with AMD committing to supply up to six gigawatts of graphics processing units and issuing Meta warrants convertible into 160 million shares as part of a long-term partnership.
2026-02-24

South Korea enacts a law that requires human oversight of high-impact artificial intelligence (AI) systems, mandates disclosure and labeling of certain AI uses, and institutes fines of up to ₩30 million (around US$20,400) for violations.
2026-01-22

South Korea records its highest annual export value of more than US$700 billion in 2025 after semiconductor shipments reach a record $173.4 billion driven by demand for artificial intelligence.
2026-01-1

Multinational technology and e-commerce company Amazon announces it will lay off 14,000 corporate positions as it invests more in building AI and cloud computing infrastructure.
2025-10-28

The Jupiter supercomputer, capable of at least one quintillion calculations per second with 24,000 Nvidia chips, is inaugurated in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, marking Europe's first system considered internationally competitive in training artificial intelligence models. On a partial system test, Jupiter has achieved a preliminary 793.4 Petaflop-s, placing it 4th in the Top 500 behind El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora at the US Department of Energy.
2025-09-5

The Nikkei 225, SSE Composite Index, and Hang Seng Index experience substantial losses following Friday’s losses on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of U.S. president Donald Trump's tariffs. European markets also decline, particularly in banking and defense sectors. The ASX 200 in Australia and the Kospi in South Korea also closes lower.
2025-04-7