Breaking News: Korea to Build Honam Chip Cluster at Gwangju Military Airport Site

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By Lim Hye-rin
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At a national briefing on the advanced industry development vision for the southwestern region held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju on the afternoon of the 30th of last month, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix announced investment plans to build semiconductor fabrication plants (fabs) in the Honam region. Yonhap News - Seoul Economic Daily Politics News from South Korea
At a national briefing on the advanced industry development vision for the southwestern region held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju on the afternoon of the 30th of last month, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix announced investment plans to build semiconductor fabrication plants (fabs) in the Honam region. Yonhap News

The Presidential Office said Korea has decided to build a Honam semiconductor cluster at the site of the Gwangju military airport.

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Original reporting by Lim Hye-rin for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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