KOREAN STOCKS SURGE PAST JAPAN ON AI BOOM
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South Korea's stock market is outperforming Japan as the nation's leading companies capitalize on the artificial-intelligence wave. Korean firms are projected to generate more earnings than their Japanese counterparts this year.
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