Prime Minister Kim Min-seok pushed back Friday against opposition criticism of the large-scale investments by Samsung Electronics and SK in the Honam region, which are being promoted under government leadership, saying, "Is this the true face of regional discrimination, opposing it simply because it is Honam?"
In a post on X that day, Kim made the remarks, adding, "Even during the Yoon Suk-yeol era, (Honam) was judged to be the optimal site." This appears to reference the fact that in 2023, under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, Gwangju and South Jeolla received the top grade in the semiconductor category of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's public competition for "national advanced strategic industry specialized complexes."
Kim then directly criticized the opposition, calling it "opposition for opposition's sake" and asking, "Have their memories grown that dim?"
