00:02Samsung just posted its best quarterly profit ever 89.5 trillion won in operating profit with
00:13its chip division responsible for 99.7% of that total as memory shortages deepen.
00:20An hour away in Suwon prosecutors say they have exactly one dedicated attorney covering Korea's
00:27high-tech leak cases and a government-backed youth village program received over 1.4 billion won in
00:35support and young residents are leaving anyway. It's Friday July 31st let's get into one of Korea's
00:43top economic stories today. Samsung's second quarter results confirm what the market has been
00:49watching for months a global memory chip crunch that keeps tightening. The company's device solutions
00:56division posted its strongest performance in years and it's betting the next generation of
01:01high bandwidth memory will multiply that further. The results land the same day Seoul's prosecutors
01:07and small-town governments are grappling with problems money and headlines haven't fixed yet.
01:13Here's what the numbers show. Samsung posted 89.5 trillion won in operating profit for the second
01:21quarter, a record high with its device solutions division responsible for 99.7% of that total.
01:30Samsung forecasts HBM4 sales will triple in the third quarter as memory shortages deepen.
01:38Prosecutors in Suwon, who handle the bulk of Korea's high-tech leak cases, currently have just one
01:44dedicated attorney assigned to that unit. A government-backed youth village program received over
01:501.4 billion won in support and young residents are leaving regardless. So what does this mean for
01:58readers watching Korea's economy from outside? Earlier we said Samsung's chip division was becoming the
02:05profit engine for the whole company. Here's what that actually means for you. If you're watching Korea as a
02:12bellwether for the global chip cycle, this quarter is the clearest signal yet that the shortage has further to run.
02:19The other two stories point to strain outside the boardroom. A justice system stretched thin on economic
02:26security cases and a regional policy that hasn't solved the problem it was built for. Together they show
02:33Korea's growth story and its governance gaps moving on different timelines. Three things worth watching.
02:42Samsung's third quarter HBM4 shipment numbers. Any staffing update out of the Suwon prosecutor's office and whether the
02:50youth village program changes its incentive structure before year end. That's today's iPRISM front page daily. This episode was
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