South Korea Proposes Converting Gwangju Airbase into a Semiconductor Plant
I guess we will see if USFK has any issues with this:
South Korea is proposing to relocate a military air base used by the South Korean and U.S. air forces and build a semiconductor manufacturing complex on the site. Gwangju Air Base, roughly 190 miles south of Seoul, serves as a South Korea-U.S. Air Force collocated operating base. It shares the airfield with Gwangju Airport, which operates commercial flights. The U.S. Air Force may rapidly deploy assets at the base during a conflict without permanently stationing a large force there.
You can read more at the link.
This sounds like Lee wants to make South Korea easier to conquer and a more juicy prize. As opposed to a prize with more juicys.
Comparing a Proposed Gwangju Semiconductor Plant to Your Gwangju Airbase Filipina Juicy
Both require constant management to avoid toxicity
One produces chips and one consumes them
Both appriciate specialists who know exactly where to manage vibration
Long-term cost of maintaining is higher than original purchase price
A filthy production unit can produce poor results or let you live your fantasy
Both become obsolete faster than their users expected
Only one requires saliva and mucus for customer support
They expand as the years go by
They need a steady flow of foreign customers with money
Automation improves one and replaces the other
Without constant monitoring and occassional physical intervention, performance will detetiorate
Defects can be catastrophic or “get your freak on”
The real money is made by whoever owns the building
They both look at you funny if you suggest a capsicum and menthol castor oil interracial anàl double penetration (ususally)
They can both run 24/7 but to do that, only one requires meth
They need many resources to get them to the output stage and the result may be disappointing
Both have customers who insist they understand the process after one tour
After 20 years, it is time to consider a replacement
Dope either changes the property of silicon conductivity or spends its entire paycheck
A skilled operator can run two at the same time
Contamination by careless visitors shuts them down for up to 9 months
You must use PPE
Both have more than one user at any given time
Both have limits on what can be brought inside
Both serve their purpose when filled with silicon
They both require a lot of juice
Like a good LLM, CH only requires a decent prompt.
Speaking of chips, the United States is demanding that South Korea hand over “a share of the ‘excess’ profit” from its chip industry.
The United States is now shamelessly and openly robbing its allies of income that the US didn’t earn.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260716/us-seeks-share-of-korean-chipmakers-excess-profits-source
How about just investing in your own country and your own people to build up your own abilities, instead of stealing from, robbing from, and blackmailing other countries? This money doesn’t belong to your country.
Mad Bob, before you parrot propaganda or nonsense, be prepared to discuss it rationally.
Some issues you must be able to discuss without seeming like a tool:
Who in the U.S. government? Congress? The Commerce Department? The White House? A negotiating team? An anonymous source to MS NOW?
What does “seeks a share” actually mean?
– higher U.S. corporate taxes on profits earned in America
– a renegotiation of CHIPS Act subsidy agreements
-tariffs or special import duties
– pressure to invest more manufacturing capacity in the U.S.
– simply an informal negotiating position
– two guys in wifebeaters yelling, “Gotta share in MAGA country!”
What does “excess profits” even mean?
Which companies? Samsung? SK hynix? Companies with U.S. fabs? All Korean semiconductor firms? Everybody who profits?
Is this a proposal, a negotiation, or just one official’s comment?
Is this all a bunch of “But But But America” nonsense to draw attention away (or toward) the increasing demands of the redistributionists factions in Korea?
The article makes no sense and you look dumber for posting it as something significant.
Considering that Trump is looking forward to withdrawing the USFK from Korea, I’m sure the USFK will be more than happy to hand over Gwangju Airbase to the Korean government.
We all know that this is what @GIKorea and @setnaffa voted for.
If USFK leaves, can the ROK military defend the country effectively alone?
I genuinely would like to hear opinions on it.
Is there potential for a successful reunification? Would it bring quality of life in the north up more than it would bring the south down?
“If USFK leaves, can the ROK military defend the country effectively alone?”
After watching national politics evolve from…
…the left and right squabble about the pathway and resource allocation to make a better Korea…
…to the nationalists and globalist squabble about protecting Korea or selling it off to outside interests…
…it is unclear to me if the leadership of the military has the will to protect Korea from anything or if they have quietly been bought off long ago.