South Korean president heads to Netherlands to boost semiconductor cooperation

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol heads to the Netherlands Monday for a trip he told AFP would focus on boosting crucial semiconductor cooperation between the two global chip powerhouses.

High-tech chips are the lifeblood of the modern global economy, used in everything from weapons to cars, and South Korea accounts for about 60 percent of the world’s supply of memory chips, Yoon told AFP in an exclusive written interview.