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Yongin Mayor Lee Sang-il visited the Dutch headquarters of semiconductor equipment maker ASML, where he discussed ways to expand cooperation in the semiconductor industry, according to images and reports published by Yonhap News, etnews and the city of Yongin.
Mayor Lee traveled to the Netherlands to meet with ASML at its head office. The visit focused on strengthening industrial cooperation tied to Yongin's semiconductor ambitions, and was documented in photos released through Yonhap News and the Yongin city government's website.
Yongin has been positioning itself as a semiconductor hub in the Seoul metropolitan area, and outreach to global equipment suppliers such as ASML forms part of the city's efforts to attract investment and build out its local industry ecosystem. The city released official imagery of the trip, indicating it was an official mayoral visit rather than a private one.
Details of any specific agreements or investment commitments arising from the meetings were not disclosed in the available materials.
The claim that Mayor Lee Sang-il visited ASML's Dutch headquarters to discuss expanded semiconductor industry cooperation is True.
