JoongAng Ilbo/JoongAng Ilbo Japanese Edition 2024.12.10 15:28 “If things continue like this, Korean semiconductors will die.” South Korea’s top semiconductor expert has diagnosed the current state of the Korean semiconductor industry as a dire crisis and will announce recommendations next week for developing the industry. With growing concerns that the state of emergency would bring the Special Semiconductor Act, which was being debated in the National Assembly, to a complete halt, this statement reflects a sense of urgency that the “golden time for semiconductors” must not be missed. According to the semiconductor industry on the 9th, the Korea Academy of Engineering’s Special Committee on Semiconductors will hold a presentation on the 18th at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul to unveil the semiconductor industry development strategy it has been preparing for the past 10 months. The title of the presentation is “Korean semiconductors will die if they continue like this…This is what we must do,” and it will outline the direction that Korea’s semiconductor industry, academia and research should take in four areas, including investment, research and development (R&D), human resources and system semiconductors. A member of the Special Committee on Semiconductors said, “Korean society is currently in a period of political turmoil, but we decided to hold a press conference to share what semiconductor industry experts have been pondering for a long time and to convey to the government, National Assembly and the public the crisis Korean semiconductors are currently facing. There is a strong sense of crisis that Korea cannot afford to miss any more opportunities.” The Korea Academy of Engineering, a group of engineering and technology scholars and industry leaders, formed the Special Semiconductor Committee in February of this year based on an internal opinion that the best experts needed to come together to boost the competitiveness of the Korean semiconductor industry. –Omitted– The Special Committee on Semiconductors plans to argue that large companies should increase large-scale facility investments through bold support on par with that of competing countries, including direct government subsidies and investment tax support, and that component companies should also become self-sufficient. The report also states that the semiconductor super gap must be achieved through sustained R&D investment. He also plans to highlight the seriousness of the shortage of semiconductor professionals and the brain drain. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, by 2031, the domestic semiconductor industry is expected to face a labor shortage of about 56,000 people. “We’re not only short of talent, but we also have a serious problem with the quality of talent, as talented people continue to be treated poorly by science and engineering majors,” said one member of the special committee. “We need to take measures to address the outflow of talent, and we also need extraordinary efforts to attract global talent.” Regarding ways to boost the competitiveness of South Korea’s system semiconductor sector, which currently accounts for just 3% of the global market share, another committee member said, “To foster fabless companies (specializing in semiconductor design), the foundry (contract manufacturing) ecosystem must grow as well.” The presentation is expected to be attended by members of the Korea Academy of Engineering’s Special Committee on Semiconductors and key figures from the domestic semiconductor industry and academia. Rep. Kim Tae-nyeon of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea, who proposed the semiconductor special law, and Rep. Go Dong-jin of the ruling People Power Party are scheduled to attend, but this is likely to change depending on the recent situation in the National Assembly. Read the full article from the source.
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There are plenty of countries that want to produce enough semiconductors for their own domestic consumption, so Japan’s semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials will just flow to those countries.
There is nothing that would cause trouble if Korea did something to us, but there are countless ways that Japan could cause trouble to Korea. I’m sure that ordinary Koreans who support Lee Jae-myung don’t know about this, though.
South Korea has already been cut off from the supply chain of Western semiconductors due to geopolitical risks, so if anyone is going to resent it, it should be to Munmun, who has promoted anti-American and pro-Chinese policies.
It’s the same with Moon, but SK, which ended up neglecting to pull out of China, and Samsung, which has said it will build a factory in the US but has made little progress, are also pretty much the same, so it can’t be helped.
^^ These guys use such disgusting language I feel like they’re a hopeless people, but I guess they don’t realize it This ＞”Golden time for semiconductors.”
>>35 This one is also creepy like tongsul with a deep flavor I think this is what scholars, or rather adults, came up with ↓ The title of the presentation was “South Korea’s semiconductors will die if they continue like this…This is what we must do.”
> This contains a sense of urgency that we must not miss the “golden time for semiconductors.” Surely they’ve missed that opportunity a long time ago? But these guys really like to use expressions like “golden time.”
Red (spicy ramen), blue (ev), green (shine muscat), no yellow, black (seaweed), pink (the oldest one) All five of us are here as the Peninsula Squadron! Someone please think of a good name for us!
That’s what will happen if Lee Jae-myung is chosen, and Trump will likely lump them together with China, or at least that’s what he will say in negotiations.
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