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The Jeonnam-Gwangju Special City and the Rebuilding Korea Party have converged on a single, cross-party track of cooperation to advance the Honam semiconductor cluster, presenting a united front — described by the two sides as "one mind" — for the southwestern region's push to build a chip industry base.
The cooperation centers on the Honam semiconductor cluster, a project to establish a semiconductor industrial foothold across South Jeolla Province and the Gwangju metropolitan area, the two jurisdictions that the proposed Jeonnam-Gwangju Special City would bring together. Rather than pursuing separate agendas, the special-city initiative and the Rebuilding Korea Party are coordinating a shared position on the cluster, framing it as a regional priority that transcends party lines.
Semiconductor cluster projects typically depend on national designation and central-government backing, which makes support from a party represented in the National Assembly a meaningful asset for a regional bid. A coordinated stance between the special-city initiative and the opposition party is aimed at strengthening Honam's position as the region seeks a place on the country's semiconductor map, where clusters compete for policy attention and investment.
The alignment also carries political weight locally. Honam has long sought a larger share of the country's high-tech industry, and a unified appeal from both a regional government initiative and a national-level party gives the cluster push a broader platform than either side could present alone.
Taken as a whole, the claim that the Jeonnam-Gwangju Special City and the Rebuilding Korea Party are cooperating across party lines on the Honam semiconductor cluster with "one mind" rates as Mostly True.
