{"id":262618,"date":"2026-05-30T01:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/30\/south-koreas-chip-giants-to-invest-or-share-excess-profits\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T01:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:27:23","slug":"south-koreas-chip-giants-to-invest-or-share-excess-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/05\/30\/south-koreas-chip-giants-to-invest-or-share-excess-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s Chip Giants: To Invest or Share Excess Profits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrap\">\n<div class=\"video\" ynvideowrap>\n  <video id=\"videoPlayer\" width=\"820\" height=\"460\" poster=\"https:\/\/media.yonhapnewstv.co.kr\/article\/MYH\/20260529\/MYH20260529210837h8r.jpg\" oncontextmenu=\"return\" false; controls=\"controls\" controlslist=\"nodownload\"><source src=\"https:\/\/media.yonhapnewstv.co.kr\/article\/MYH\/20260529\/MYH20260529210837h8r_700M1.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> [Anchor] Government ministries are sharply divided over how to handle excess profits at major semiconductor companies. Labor Minister Kim Young\u2011hoon has called for urgent talks on social redistribution, while Industry Minister Kim Jung\u2011gwan says now is the time to prioritize investment over redistribution. This is reporter Kim Tae\u2011wook. [Reporter] In the AI era, the race will be won by overwhelming speed and scale. In a social media post, Industry Minister Kim Jung\u2011gwan called this a \\&#8221;do\u2011or\u2011die\\&#8221; moment for South Korea&#8217;s semiconductor industry. He warned that missing even a single investment could destabilize the industry&#8217;s ecosystem and urged concentration of resources rather than dispersion. His comments appeared aimed at Labor Minister Kim Young\u2011hoon, who recently described semiconductors as a public good and called for sharing excess profits. Earlier, Kim Young\u2011hoon \u2014 who helped mediate a tentative agreement between Samsung Electronics and its union \u2014 proposed an emergency forum, saying the government needs concrete ways to socially distribute large corporations&#8217; excess profits. When critics accused the government of trying to seize corporate earnings to redistribute them, he pushed back, saying the goal is to identify shared\u2011growth measures that reduce polarization and strengthen corporate competitiveness. \u300cKim Young\u2011hoon \/ Minister of Employment and Labor\u300d What I&#8217;m proposing is not simply butchering the goose to share it. We need to grow a bigger goose \u2014 create another one. It has to be sustainable. The two ministers who oversee industry and labor policy have openly voiced differing views on how to handle excess profits. The Blue House has said it welcomes a public discussion on the matter, and the Labor Ministry said it will announce the forum schedule once preparations are complete. This is Kim Tae\u2011wook, Yonhap News TV. 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