South Korea recorded monthly exports exceeding $100 billion for the first time in June, with outbound shipments rising 70.9 percent year-on-year to $102.25 billion, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. The milestone was driven largely by semiconductor exports, which nearly tripled to $44.82 billion on soaring demand for AI-related memory chips, while computer products surged more than 300 percent. South Korea becomes only the fourth country to achieve the landmark, after Germany, the United States and China, and officials say full-year exports of one trillion won are now within reach, though they cautioned that US tariff measures and global economic uncertainty could weigh on the second half.