SEOUL -- Choo Kyung-ho, South Korea's finance minister, visited an expansive Samsung Electronics facility south of Seoul last Friday to check out semiconductor production lines operated by the global tech giant, the dominant force in the country's economy and a source of pride for many of its citizens.
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Samsung Electronics CEO Kyung Kye-hyun, left, and Choo Kyung-ho, South Korea's finance minister, right, examine advanced semiconductor wafers in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on April 7. (Photo courtesy of South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance)
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