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Huang's exit raises questions for South Korea's chip industry

The Korean report looks beyond Nvidia's share-price fall to its partnerships with local technology companies, while also covering a Democratic Party dispute and suspected exam cheating.

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황제 떠나자 장중 14% 급락‥'AI 제국' 시험대에 - [LIVE] MBC 뉴스데스크 2026년 11월 13일

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0:09A special prosecutor requests conditional bail as former prime minister Han Duck-soo's detention period nears expiry.
5:14Three Democratic Party lawmakers hold a separate press conference demanding changes to the party's leadership practices.
22:08Succession coverage includes Trump's endorsement of Tim Cook following Huang's departure from Nvidia.
42:51The main Newsdesk bulletin begins with Huang's resignation, Nvidia's share-price fall and U.S. congressional scrutiny.
50:15The report examines implications for Nvidia's relationships with South Korean semiconductor and technology companies.
54:35Domestic reporting includes suspected AI-glasses cheating in qualification exams and questions about examination security.

South Korea's chip industry faces a question beyond who succeeds Jensen Huang: what happens to the relationships he built with its largest technology companies?

South Korea's Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation examines that uncertainty in its November 13 Newsdesk broadcast. Its main bulletin reports that Nvidia shares fell as much as 14% during trading after Huang's resignation, before turning to the potential consequences for Korean partners, including SK Hynix.

Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993. Its processors became central to the expansion of artificial intelligence, making a leadership change consequential well beyond the American company. The broadcast features his ties with Korean business leaders, including Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won. Its Korean-industry analysis begins around 50 minutes into the upload.

The succession coverage also carries President Donald Trump's public endorsement of Tim Cook, Apple's former chief executive and executive chairman. That is a presidential preference, not an announcement that Cook has been appointed. The bulletin also reports on U.S. congressional scrutiny surrounding Nvidia.

Before the main broadcast begins, the stream devotes substantial time to domestic politics. It reports that a special prosecutor has requested conditional bail for former prime minister Han Duck-soo as his detention period approaches expiry amid delays in Supreme Court review. Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok opposes his release.

A separate dispute unfolds within the party. Staff remove the nameplates of absent leadership members, while Choi Min-hee, Lee Sung-yoon and Han Min-soo hold their own press conference criticizing Kim's decision-making and demanding reform. Their complaints include the handling of property-tax policy and disciplinary investigations.

Later, the bulletin examines suspicions that AI-enabled smart glasses were used to cheat in professional qualification exams. It reports that authorities are checking an unusually high top score in a tax-accountant examination and questions whether existing exam security measures adequately address the devices.