SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to each build two new massive chip fabrication sites in South Korea's southwest region as part of a national project to build chip production "ecosystem" valued at 800 trillion won ($517.87 billion), the government said on Monday.
The plan was unveiled at the announcement of three new "mega-projects" by the country and the global chip giants to spur growth and dominate the AI sector.
($1 = 1,544.8000 won)
(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
