South Korea's ?exports ?have reached $709.4 billion so ?far this year, surpassing last year's annual ?record, the customs office said on Saturday, as the economy ?rides high on booming ?global demand for AI chips. The country's exports hit $709.3 ?billion ?last year, a second consecutive annual record. Asia's fourth-largest economy ?is on track to reach $1 trillion in annual exports by early December, becoming the fourth country to hit the milestone ?after the United States, China and Germany, according to ?the Korea ?Customs Service.