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South Korea’s exports hit record high on AI boom

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Exports jump 83.5 percent to top $120bn for the first time amid ferocious semiconductor demand.

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Both outlets focus on South Korea’s exports hitting a record and tie the surge to artificial intelligence-driven semiconductor demand. Bloomberg Technology adds that the September increase extended “breakneck growth” and says the result reinforced expectations that the trade-dependent economy can withstand higher interest rates, a framing absent from Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera alone quantifies the jump in its extract, saying exports rose 83.5 percent to top $120bn for the first time.

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