Current account surplus in second quarter ranked world No. 2: IMF Korea.netAI chip surge lifts South Korea to record surplus, behind only China South China Morning PostKorea’s Q2 current account surplus tops Germany, Japan combined on chip boom The Korea TimesPresident Lee: “A great wave of opportunity is rising for our economy… It must lead to higher incomes” 아시아경제Due to the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, the Korean economy’s external report.. 매일경제