LG shares jumped 300%+ this year, after largely sitting out South Korea's chip-rally in 2025, as LG seeks to expand into physical AI businesses such as robots (Sangmi Cha/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-01/lg-electronics-shares-surge-more-than-300-on-physical-ai-push"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260601/i8.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260601/p8#a260601p8" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Sangmi Cha / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-01/lg-electronics-shares-surge-more-than-300-on-physical-ai-push">LG shares jumped 300%+ this year, after largely sitting out South Korea's chip-rally in 2025, as LG seeks to expand into physical AI businesses such as robots</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; LG Electronics Inc. shares have quadrupled this year as investors applaud the venerable Korean appliance maker's shift into robotics.</p>