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Korea Clean Chip Strategy: Linking Clean Energy to Semiconductor Leadership
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Korea Clean Chip Strategy: Linking Clean Energy to Semiconductor Leadership

How Korea can leverage its proven crisis-to-opportunity playbook to secure semiconductor leadership in an era of clean energy transition.

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By Darcie Draudt-Véjares, Hannah Jeong, Tim Sahay
Published on Jul 11, 2025
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About the Authors

Darcie Draudt-Véjares

Fellow, Asia Program

Darcie Draudt-Véjares is a fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program.

Hannah Jeong

Tim Sahay

Co-Director, Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab, Johns Hopkins

Tim Sahay is the co-editor of The Polycrisis at Phenomenal World and the co-director of the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University.

Authors

Darcie Draudt-Véjares
Fellow, Asia Program
Darcie Draudt-Véjares
Hannah Jeong
Tim Sahay
Co-Director, Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab, Johns Hopkins
Tim Sahay
South KoreaEast AsiaAsiaEnergyEconomy

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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