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Daejeon Mayor Hur Tae-jeong has asked the leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea to support relocating public institutions to the city and to back the establishment of a National Semiconductor Research Institute, according to a verified account of the request.
Hur, head of the Daejeon Metropolitan City government, directed the request to the Democratic Party's leadership, the verification found. It covered two items: support for the relocation of public institutions to Daejeon and support for the establishment of the National Semiconductor Research Institute.
The request ties the question of where public institutions are based to the build-out of national semiconductor research infrastructure, placing both issues before the party's top leadership.
The claim was reviewed against 11 primary sources. The review supported the account that the mayor approached the Democratic Party leadership to ask for backing on both items, and the outcome was recorded in a verification report dated Sept. 20, 2026.
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