[Anchor]

President Lee Jae-myung held a national briefing and declared that he would build a global industrial powerhouse based on three pillars: semiconductors, physical AI, and AI data centers. He announced plans for an 800 trillion won semiconductor complex in the southwest region in partnership with companies like Samsung and SK, as well as a 1,000 trillion won investment plan for data centers across the country.

Reporter Kang Cheong-wan has the story.

[Reporter]

The "National Briefing on the Three Major Megaprojects for Korea's Great Leap Forward" was held at the Blue House, attended by President Lee Jae-myung, government ministers, and corporate leaders including Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Chairman Chey Tae-won.

President Lee stated that the core task for creating an "irreplaceable Republic of Korea" is to leap forward as a global industrial powerhouse, identifying investments in the three major projects—semiconductors, AI, and data centers—as top priorities.

[President Lee Jae-myung: Semiconductors, physical AI, and AI data centers are the triangular axes for our great leap forward.]

To this end, plans were announced for Samsung Electronics and SK to build four semiconductor complexes in the southwest region, including the Honam area, worth a total of 800 trillion won, and to invest 81 trillion won in the Chungcheong region to establish a packaging hub.

[Lee Jae-yong / Samsung Electronics Chairman: We are planning Gwangju as a candidate site, where we expect support in terms of power, water, human resources, and various other infrastructure incentives.]

A blueprint was also presented to build a physical AI cluster, including robotics, in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, led by Hyundai Motor, and to invest a total of over 1,000 trillion won by 2035, centered around SK, to build AI data centers across the country.

[Chey Tae-won / SK Chairman: We are planning approximately 1,000 trillion won for the AI data center project and about 1,100 trillion won for the semiconductor supply expansion project.]

President Lee held hands with Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Chairman Chey Tae-won, praising them as "national heroes and heroes of the people."

He also promised to place a direct supervisor at the Blue House to personally oversee the investment plans for these projects.

(Reported by: Jung Sang-bo, Ha Ryung | Video Editing: Nam Il)