Yang Hyang-ja "US Chip4 Alliance Proposal Cannot Be Rejected... Priority Is the US"

"Priority is the United States"

Yang Hyang-ja, an independent lawmaker and chairperson of the People Power Party's Semiconductor Special Committee, stated regarding the issue of participating in the U.S.-led semiconductor alliance 'Chip 4', "While it is important to maintain good diplomatic relations with China, if priorities must be set in this situation, the United States comes first."

On the 8th, at the 'Global Semiconductor War and Future' webinar hosted by SAP Korea and investment advisory firm MAVEK, Rep. Yang said, "We must firmly develop a strategic alliance with the United States."

Currently, the United States is promoting 'Chip 4', a semiconductor supply chain cooperation dialogue excluding China, together with South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.

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Rep. Yang stated, "South Korea leads in memory semiconductor technology, but globally, the growth of logic semiconductors is very steep. In this situation, the U.S. proposed the Chip 4 alliance. Since we must strengthen technological alliances, we are in a position where we cannot refuse the U.S. proposal."

Rep. Yang also expressed concern that South Korea's educational environment and the public's aversion to science and engineering fields could weaken the semiconductor industry, emphasizing, "Semiconductor industry talents are heroes bearing the nation's fate on their shoulders and national representatives fighting on a global battlefield; they must be treated accordingly."

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