South Korea's stock market value has surpassed the UK's, growing 45%+ this year to $4.04T after a surge in AI-linked tech stocks like Samsung and SK Hynix (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg)

Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg: South Korea's stock market value has surpassed the UK's, growing 45%+ this year to $4.04T after a surge in AI-linked tech stocks like Samsung and SK Hynix — South Korea has leapfrogged the UK to become the world's eighth-biggest stock market, fueled by a high-octane rally in its artificial intelligence-linked technology champions.