President Moon: "Businesspeople are truly amazing, I cannot help but express my respect"

Visit to SK Hynix, Expressing Gratitude to Business Leaders for Overcoming Japan's Export Restrictions... SK Chairman Chey Tae-won: "Collaborating in Various Daily Efforts to Build a Prosperous Nation Together"

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] "Our country's businesspeople are truly remarkable. I cannot help but express my deep respect." President Moon Jae-in expressed his gratitude to businesspeople during his visit to SK Hynix in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, on the 9th. It is assessed that the role of businesspeople was significant in South Korea overcoming the adverse conditions of Japan's export restrictions and securing competitiveness in the materials, parts, and equipment industry.

President Moon evaluated, "Anyone in manufacturing has the ambition to create the world's best products and takes pride in their technology. This is also true for small and medium-sized enterprises producing materials, parts, and equipment (SoBuJang)."

President Moon also explained the government's interest in the materials, parts, and equipment (SoBuJang) industry. He said, "We initially started with the goal of preventing damage to our semiconductor industry, which can be considered the core of our industry, due to Japan's export restrictions. Now, that goal has been raised higher, and we have set the objective for South Korea to become a strong nation in SoBuJang."

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President Moon urged, "I hope our government ministries always keep their ears open to the difficulties on the ground and communicate actively to solve problems with a proactive attitude."

Hong Nam-ki, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, addressed the businesspeople participating in the event, saying, "The government's interest and support for SoBuJang self-reliance and competitiveness enhancement will be strongly sustained," and pledged, "The government's support and interest will never change but rather be strengthened."

Choi Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group, said, "We want to create more programs that calculate the social value companies can create together, so that we not only make money but also increase corporate social value." He added, "We will support SoBuJang companies with all the AI and data analysis technologies we possess and actively invest in basic science fields to contribute to securing national industrial competitiveness in the mid to long term."

Chairman Choi said, "Our people and companies have always overcome such challenges and had the resilience to turn difficulties into opportunities. I hope that when we remember today 10 years from now, it will be remembered as the day the domestic ecosystem started a new future." He promised, "To build a country where we all prosper together, SK will create more win-win cooperation cases in various daily lives and do our best efforts."

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