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"The virtuous cycle of AI has arrived" — NVIDIA's CEO believes AI can address $100 trillion of the world's industries as the market accelerates

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote speech at the APEC CEO summit in South Korea on Friday, in which he explained that the AI boom will likely only accelerate now that the industry has reached a tipping point that he calls a "virtuous cycle."

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South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to convince North Korea to return to talks, as the two leaders agreed a set of steps to boost their economic and other ties

The Independent UK

‘King of K-pop’ Lee Soo Man on his career, a global industry and what’s next

Lee Soo Man spent three decades trying to bring K-pop into the global market, often bending but never breaking his vision

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Xi Jinping’s moment and whirlwind diplomatic tours: key takeaways from the Apec summit in South Korea

With Trump electing to fly back to Washington on the eve of the main summit, what did Apec’s remaining leaders achieve in his absence?

The Guardian - AU

Three billionaires dropped by a fried-chicken joint—and Jensen Huang bought everyone dinner

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang sparked a Korean-fried-chicken stock surge after a viral dinner in Seoul.

Fortune

Xi and Carney, meeting in South Korea, try to rebuild China-Canada relations

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have taken steps to mend their countries' fractured ties

The Independent UK

Not launching its Trifold phone in the US is the smart move by Samsung

Samsung's Galaxy Trifold is going to be expensive and have at least a few issues. South Korea will be far more accepting of them.

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The US government announces strategic 'prosperity deals' with Japan and South Korea to 'drive breakthroughs' in AI, quantum computing, and more

This matches a similar deal made with the UK earlier this year.

PC Gamer

Nvidia To Supply Over 260,000 AI Chips To South Korean Government, Samsung, Hyundai, SK Group

Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has announced a deal to supply more than 260,000 of its cutting-edge AI chips to the South Korean government and some of the country’s major corporations.

Benzinga

What – if anything – did Asian countries get out of Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour?

Uncertainty surrounds the signing of this week’s trade deals amid the failure to secure reciprocity from the US to cut tariffs

The Guardian - UK

Inside the Beauty Pilgrimage to Seoul—Do South Korea’s Skincare Treatments Really Outshine the Rest of the World?

Over 1.2 million people visited Seoul for medical tourism last year

Marie Claire

Nvidia partners with South Korean government, companies to boost AI development

Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia plans to supply its graphics processing units for projects with the South Korean businesses and government to advance the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and technologies

The Independent UK

APEC leaders to open summit after Trump and Xi agreed on steps to ease trade tensions

Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are set to open their annual summit to discuss how to promote economic cooperation and tackle shared challenges

The Independent UK

APEC Unmasks A New Order: Trump And Xi Freeze The Fight, Not The Friction

The summit's host, South Korea, had hoped to use APEC to showcase regional collaboration on issues like clean energy and supply chain resilience. Instead, the gathering became a theater for global diplomacy.

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The Independent UK

Best Korean skincare products for glass skin, according to a beauty editor

From viral toners to popular SPFs, these K-beauty heroes will be your next game-changers

Benzinga

Trump And Xi Found A Trade Truce—But Wall Street Wanted More

Markets barely flinched after President Donald Trump's high-profile meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, as investors found little substance in the much-hyped U.S.-China trade truce that largely echoed prior leaks and delivered few surprises.

The Conversation

Trump-Xi talks will not have changed the priorities of the Chinese government

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has met with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, for their first face-to-face talks in six years. Trump emerged from the meeting in South Korea in a buoyant mood, describing it as a 12 on a scale of one to ten. He is now saying the US…

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Trump’s South Korea visit: ‘Getting the royal treatment he so desperately craves’

Late-night hosts discussed Seoul’s gift of a golden crown to Trump and an escaped-monkey situation in Mississippi

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Benzinga

Nvidia Effect: Key Suppliers Have Already Sold Out AI Memory Chips For 2025

Nvidia Corp's (NASDAQ:NVDA) insatiable demand for advanced artificial intelligence memory chips has sparked a boom for South Korea's chip giants — propelling SK Hynix to record profits and pushing Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd (OTC:SSNLF) to sell out its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply for 2025.

InsideEVs

The Layoffs Are Coming To The EV Sector. Here's What It Means

Today on Critical Materials: General Motors lays off 3,300 EV workers, South Korea strikes a tariff deal, and Stellantis gets into robotaxis.

The Independent UK

South Korean and Japanese leaders vow to improve ties in face of global uncertainty

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday pledged to strengthen ties between the neighbors, whose relations have long been strained by their bitter wartime history

International Business Times

Trump and Xi Seek to Reset US-China Trade Relations in South Korea Summit

Trump and Xi agree to lower tariffs and restart trade talks during a South Korea summit, signaling a potential reset in U.S.-China relations.

Benzinga

Jim Cramer Says 'I Want President Trump To Let The Chinese Have' Nvidia's Chips Amid Trump-Xi Summit

CNBC’s ‘Mad Money’ host Jim Cramer delivered a stunning declaration on Thursday amid the high-stakes “G2” summit in South Korea, stating he wants President Donald Trump to “let the Chinese have” advanced U.S. microchips, including those from Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA).

Euronews

Trump announces deal with China after face-to-face talks with Xi in South Korea

Washington and Beijing are "in agreement on many things," Trump said after the meeting that lasted nearly two hours, the first between both leaders in six years.

The Guardian - AU

Donald Trump praises ‘great’ Washington meeting with Anthony Albanese as leaders dine at Apec

US president tells reporters he and Australian PM ‘working on a lot of things together’

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