Yoon Talks with Dutch Prime Minister, Requests Support for Attracting ASML Factory to Hwaseong, Gyeonggi

On the 3rd, President Yoon Suk-yeol requested Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during a phone call to actively support the establishment of a production plant within the workforce, training, and equipment repair cluster that Dutch semiconductor equipment company ASML is building in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province.

President Yoon made this statement during the 30-minute phone call starting at 5:30 PM, according to a briefing by presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon. President Yoon also expressed gratitude to the Netherlands for being the first Western European country to show support for hosting the 2030 Busan Expo.

President Yoon Suk-yeol [Photo by Yonhap News]

ASML is the world's leading producer of semiconductor lithography equipment. It plans to invest a total of 240 billion KRW by 2025 to build a semiconductor equipment cluster called the 'New Campus' in Hwaseong.

Regarding Prime Minister Rutte's request to expand support for Ukraine, President Yoon responded that he would seek ways to provide effective support together with the Netherlands and other major allied countries.

A presidential office official, in response to media reports suggesting that European Union (EU) leaders might visit Korea for a summit with President Yoon during the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, in late May, said, "We will announce the diplomatic schedule once it is confirmed."

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