July 25, 2026 -
President Lee Jae Myung's strategy to turn Korea into to a trusted AI production base and leading economy includes a multihub semiconductor production network spanning the Seoul metropolitan area and regional provinces.
By koreajoongangdaily.com
President Lee Jae Myung used an AI summit in San Francisco on Friday to unveil a vision — combining semiconductor manufacturing, AI adoption and international cooperation — that would position Korea as an indispensable pillar of the global AI supply chain.
During his “San Francisco AI Declaration” at the summit, Lee presented the Korean government’s strategy to turn the country into a trusted AI production base and one of the world’s leading AI-powered economies.
“Building on our world-class competitiveness in memory chips and related production capacity, [we] will act as a trusted manufacturing base for AI semiconductors and as a reliable supply chain partner,” he said, noting that Korea would eventually be “a core country in the global AI supply chain that no other country can replace.”