SK chairman inspects Gwangju site for 400 trillion won chip cluster

SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won toured candidate sites in Gwangju for SK Hynix's planned 400 trillion won semiconductor cluster and urged faster construction, floating parallel builds with Yongin. Gwangju mayor Min Hyung-bae pledged full support on land, infrastructure and talent.

• SK Hynix announced a 400 trillion won Honam cluster in June
• Chey raised the possibility of building plants in Yongin and Gwangju in parallel
• The Yongin cluster schedule was already moved up by 12 years
• SK Hynix executives have visited Gwangju over 10 times for talks