Lee rebuts water concerns over possible Honam chip investment

President Lee Jae-myung on Saturday pushed back against concerns that South Korea’s southwestern Honam region may lack enough water to support possible semiconductor investments by Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, saying the region has sufficient resources if they are properly managed. “Honam has enough water, just as Yeongnam and the Seoul metropolitan area do,” Lee wrote on X, sharing a report on the government’s review of industrial water supply measures for the region. Lee said studies had

By The Korea Herald