According to a report by Korea's Joongang Ilbo, the South Korean government originally planned to announce its first investment project in the US later this month, facing uncertainty because the US suddenly requested South Korea to invest in memory chip production facilities. The report quoted a number of unnamed members of the ruling party as saying that the US is asking South Korea to invest in a memory chip project was the core topic of discussions at the South Korean presidential office's closed-door trade meeting on August 13. The report pointed out that the South Korean government initially made the energy sector a priority direction for the first major investment project in the US. Participants generally believed that since Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have promised large-scale investments in the Honam region of South Korea, it will actually be difficult to invest in memory chip projects in the US.

According to a report by Korea's Joongang Ilbo, the South Korean government originally planned to announce its first investment project in the US later this month, facing uncertainty because the US suddenly requested South Korea to invest in memory chip production facilities. The report quoted several unnamed members of the ruling party as saying that the US is asking South Korea to invest in a memory chip project was the core topic of discussions at the South Korean presidential office's closed-door trade meeting on August 13. The report pointed out that the South Korean government initially made the energy sector a priority direction for the first major investment project in the US. Participants generally believed that since Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have promised large-scale investments in the Honam region of South Korea, it will actually be difficult to invest in memory chip projects in the US.