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SKD WIREPartly True
LB Semicon plans to invest 74.6 billion won in expanding its power semiconductor back-end process facilities in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. The figure comes from one report, though other media outlets have cited an investment size of 75 billion won. In addition, the investment is currently not a confirmed project but remains at the stage of a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
Initial reporting put the planned investment at 74.6 billion won, while other outlets rounded or stated the figure as 75 billion won. The discrepancy means the precise final amount has not yet been fixed publicly.
The plan is at the MOU stage rather than a finalized, confirmed investment. As such, the scale, timing and details of the Gumi expansion could change before any definitive agreement is reached. Power semiconductors, which manage electrical power in devices and industrial systems, rely on back-end processes such as packaging and testing — the stage of production LB Semicon intends to expand in Gumi.
Because the project has not been finalized, questions over when the facilities would be built, how many jobs it would create, and when production capacity would come online remain unanswered. Those details would be expected to be settled if and when the MOU advances into a firm investment commitment.
The claim that LB Semicon will invest 74.6 billion won in Gumi power semiconductor back-end facilities matches one reported figure but differs from other reports citing 75 billion won, and the project is not yet a confirmed investment — making the overall claim Partly True.
