Kim Yong-beom, South Korea's Presidential Chief of Staff for Policy, speaks to reporters after engaging in follow-up tariff negotiations with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. File. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
July 6 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's presidential policy chief said Monday the government's three mega projects in semiconductors, artificial intelligence data centers and physical AI should be treated as a 10-year national strategy that continues regardless of changes in government.
Kim Yong-beom, President Lee Jae Myung's chief of staff for policy, said the projects are not limited to the remaining four years of the Lee administration and should be carried forward by future governments.
Kim made the remarks in response to concerns from some political circles that the projects could favor certain regions or be scaled back after a change in administration.
"This is not a project that ends with the remaining four years of the Lee Jae Myung government," Kim said. "It is a project that must continue under the next government as well."
