On Tuesday, data was made public revealing that during the first half of 2025, SK Hynix Inc., a prominent South Korean chip - making giant, emerged as the company that paid the largest amount of corporate taxes among all South Korean enterprises. Benefiting from a significant uptick in the demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips, SK Hynix achieved remarkable financial results. Consequently, it paid a staggering 2.7 trillion won (roughly equivalent to US$1.94 billion) in corporate taxes during the first half of the year.