SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won visits Gwangju Military Airport, semiconductor site, on the 9th.

(Gwangju, South Jeolla Province = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Deok-jong = SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won visits Gwangju Military Airport, the site of the Honam semiconductor cluster, on the 9th to check the progress of the project.

According to Jeonnam Gwangju Unified City on the 8th, Chairman Choi and SK Hynix executives are scheduled to visit the planned relocation site for ammunition depots within the military airport on the afternoon of the 9th.

SK Hynix executives have visited the military airport site and inspected it, but this is the first time Chairman Choi has visited it in person.

SK Hynix's semiconductor fab will be built at the site where the ammunition depot is scheduled to be relocated.

Chairman Choi plans to tour the semiconductor site and check the on-site situation.

It is reported that Min Hyeong-bae, Mayor of Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, will also attend the visit and discuss major agenda items such as the status of relocating the military airport, securing infrastructure such as power and water, and licensing with Chairman Choi.

It is known that Chairman Choi will also reveal SK Group's investment will and plans.

An SK Hynix official said, “The chairman plans to check the status of semiconductor development and reveal his intention to invest.”