Fab Expansion Delays Risk Ceding Market, Cheong Wa Dae Aide Warns
Presidential Office policy chief Kim Yong-beom warned that delaying semiconductor fab expansion could cede market share to Chinese rivals, stressing production capacity as the new national power.
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