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AI investment race tests South Korea's resolve to keep finance and industry apart

By Wooyoung Lee ( December 1, 2025, 07:10 GMT | Comment) -- South Korea’s decades-old rule separating financial and industrial capital is under renewed scrutiny as companies warn it blocks the scale of investment needed for AI and semiconductors. Antitrust chief Ju Biung-ghi has cautioned that loosening the safeguard could heighten market concentration, even as the government reviews ways to help businesses raise capital. The question now is whether incremental measures can meet AI-era funding demands without revisiting one of the country’s core corporate-governance protections.As the global race for artificial intelligence investment accelerates, South Korea’s long-standing rule separating financial and industrial capital is again at the center of political and economic debate....

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