Kim Yong-beom Says June 29 Investment Plans Will Involve ‘Very Unfamiliar’ Figures
Summary
- Kim Yong-beom, South Korea’s presidential chief of staff for policy, said the scale of corporate investments to be unveiled at the June 29 public briefing would involve “very unfamiliar” figures.
- He said the briefing would outline major investment plans in three areas: semiconductors, gigawatt-scale artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, and physical AI and robotics.
- Plans for a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region and investment plans in the Honam and Chungcheong regions by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are expected to be disclosed at the event.
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Kim Yong-beom, South Korea’s presidential chief of staff for policy, said the scale of corporate investments to be unveiled at a public briefing chaired by President Lee Jae-myung on June 29 would involve “very unfamiliar” figures.
Kim made the remarks on June 26 in an appearance on the YouTube channel “Kim Eo-jun’s Humility Is Hard News Factory.”
He described the event as a venue to explain a program developed through joint efforts by the government and businesses.
The briefing will cover three areas: semiconductors, plans to build artificial intelligence data centers on a massive gigawatt scale, and physical AI and robotics. Given the size of the projects, debate is likely to intensify from the outset over whether they are real, he added.
Lee is scheduled to chair the “Public Briefing on South Korea’s Three Mega Projects for a Great Leap Forward” at the presidential office on June 29. Plans for a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region, along with investment plans in the Honam and Chungcheong regions by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., are expected to be disclosed at the event.
Han Kyung-woo, Hankyung.com reporter, case@hankyung.com
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