By Choonsik Yoo ( July 27, 2026, 07:19 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea unveiled nearly $1 trillion worth of artificial intelligence initiatives over the weekend, anchored by major partnerships between its technology companies and global AI leaders including Nvidia and Anthropic, as President Lee Jae Myung sought to position the country as a trusted AI semiconductor and infrastructure hub. The agreements include more than $500 billion in planned HBM chip supplies by SK Hynix to Nvidia, a strategic Samsung Electronics-Broadcom partnership, expanded AI data center cooperation and new sovereign AI infrastructure investments, reflecting Seoul's ambition to become one of the world's top three AI powerhouses.South Korea unveiled over the weekend nearly $1 trillion worth of new artificial intelligence initiatives centered on potential sales of top-end AI memory chips by South Korean companies to global firms, as well as commitments by AI powerhouses to spend more on data centers in the country....
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