Bank employees work in front of multiple monitors at the Hana Bank dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, on May 12, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Wall Street tech moves and South Korea’s stock market are becoming increasingly intertwined as artificial intelligence spending binds together the fortunes of U.S. technology giants and Korean…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at BEXCO convention and exhibition centre in Busan on July 19, 2026. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2025/05/07: General view of the headquarters of the Bank of Korea in central Seoul. The Bank of Korea (BOK) is the central bank of South Korea and the institution that issues the Korean won. It was founded on June 12, 1950 in Seoul. (Photo by Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)…
Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as an electronic screen (top) shows South Korea’s benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 23, 2026. Jade Gao | AFP | Getty Images South Korea’s stock benchmark, Kospi, has gone from being the world’s hottest equity market…
The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plummeted more than 7% in early Thursday trading, dragging down South Korea’s benchmark Kospi after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 26, 2026. NYSE The tech sector emerged as a clear winner in the first half of 2026. But while U.S. Big Tech stocks enjoyed strong gains — despite a sharp sell-off at the end of June — they were largely outperformed by their international counterparts….
Screens showing surging stock shares at the Taiwan Stock Exchange office, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to pause the global tariffs, in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 10, 2025. Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images Asia has no shortage of entrepreneurs, engineers or giant domestic markets. Yet when it comes to producing the…
Wall Street spent the week debating who the biggest winners and losers of the artificial intelligence boom will ultimately be. Memory chipmaker Micron’s blockbuster earnings reinforced the fervent demand for computing resources, but it also led investors to question whether the AI buildout is becoming too expensive for the hyperscalers funding it. The tech-heavy Nasdaq…
Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia’s technology stocks rebounded on Wednesday after global equities posted steep losses in the previous session. South Korea’s semiconductor heavyweights led Wednesday’s bounce during early Asia hours….
A woman walks past a billboard displaying Iran’s national flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on June 14, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Open newsletter. U.S. President Donald Trump had a number of reasons to celebrate…
