EUR/USD Eyes 1.17 as Fed Decision Could Weigh on Dollar 
Dollar Rises as Fed Hike Bets Weigh on Asian Currencies 
Gold Prices Steady as Oil Disruptions Boost Fed Rate Hike Bets 
Samsung, Qualcomm 2nm Chip Deal Delayed Over Pricing 
Finland Raises 2026 Growth Forecast as Exports and Investment Surge 
Can Europe shake its Russia links for good? 
Asian Tech Stocks Slide as AI Concerns and Rising Bond Yields Hit Chipmakers 
Japanese Yen Retreats as Dollar Rises Ahead of Fed, BOJ Rate Decisions 
Hormuz Vessel Traffic Drops to Single Digits 
Cathie Wood Backs AI Slowdown as Safety Concerns Grow 
SoftBank Shares Plunge 11% After OpenAI Rules Out 2026 IPO 
US Futures Fall as Fed Meeting, Oil Surge Rattle Markets 
Asian Stocks Steady as AI Shares Rebound Ahead of Fed Decision 
Asian Bank Stocks Slide as BofA Warning and Rising Yields Hit Sentiment 
Samsung Heavy Wins $1.22 Billion LNG Carrier and Tanker Deal 
Ex-Google DeepMind Researcher Warns AI Could Pose Existential Threat 
Add as a preferred source on Google
A survey revealed that South Korea's data industry grew by 14.3 percent to 19.3 trillion won in 2020 from $17.4 billion in 2019.
The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Data Agency on 1,364 of the country's 8,014 data-related companies between November and December.
The industry grew in 2019 by 8.3 percent from 2018.
Data sales and provision accounted for 9.4 trillion won, followed by data establishment and consulting with 7.4 trillion won.
The workforce in the data industry also increased by 6.2 percent last year to about 366,000.
South Korea is aiming to raise the size of the data industry to 43 trillion won and create 900,000 jobs from the industry by 2025.
