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AI Boom Powers South Korea’s September Exports Past $120 Billion

Exports from Asia’s fourth-largest economy, home to memory-chip makers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, rose 83.5% from a year earlier to $120.94 billion in September.

AI Boom Powers South Korea’s September Exports Past $120 Billion

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