South Korea Announces Plan to Create World’s Largest Semiconductor Production Cluster Near Seoul

I agree with South Korea’s move to increase chip production, but putting these plants within North Korean artillery range around Seoul is not a good idea. These plants are so important they should be built further south out of artillery range:

South Korea will create the world’s largest semiconductor cluster in the Seoul metropolitan area by attracting 300 trillion won (US$229.81 billion) in investments as part of efforts to secure a competitive edge in the sector, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

It is part of the government’s comprehensive plan to promote six key industries — chips, displays, secondary batteries, bio, future vehicles and robots — which also called for the corporate investment of 550 trillion won by 2026, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Yonhap

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