Korea will build the world's biggest semiconductor cluster in Gyeonggi Province by 2047 as Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and other chip companies plan to invest a total of 622 trillion won ($471 billion) to build 16 new fabs, creating more than 3 million jobs, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Monday.
Promising 3M high paying jobs outside of Seoul; sounds like a good way to increase political popularity, whether it succeeds (thanks to the government) or fails (because of the companies not willing to cooperate, at least the government did their best).
Probably a much needed distraction after the Itaewon crush caused by the poor police response and after they bullied an internationally famous actor into suicide.