South Korea

Also known as: south · south-korean · Korean · korea · seoul · republic-of-korea · เกาหลีใต้ · ประเทศเกาหลีใต้ · สาธารณรัฐเกาหลี

Northeast Asian economy with major chipmakers (Samsung, SK Hynix), AI labs, and policy ties to the US-China chip-export rivalry. Frequently leads global semiconductor supply-chain coverage. NOTE 2026-05-26 Sprint 3c: existing aliases 'south' and 'korea' are overly broad — flagged for future audit; not removed in 3c to avoid cluster-decision destabilization, but should not be the model for new entries.

112 mentions · 56 days · first seen Apr 3, 2026 · last seen Aug 21, 2026