On this week’s episode of the Korea Pro Podcast, John and Joon Ha discuss the sharp decline in South Korea’s stock market, with the KOSPI plunging nearly 8% on Thursday amid concerns about the sustainability of the AI boom, weaker-than-expected earnings from Samsung Electronics and growing competition from Chinese memory chipmakers. 

They then turn to former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Seoul, examining her remarks on U.S. alliances, South Korean shipbuilding and economic cooperation. 

The episode also examines the prison sentence handed to former Democratic Party lawmaker Kang Sun-woo over a local election nomination bribery scandal, as