South Korea's Lee on Monday instructed officials to rapidly advance last week's major chip and AI projects, warning that delays in permitting, land acquisition or securing power and water could undermine the country's push to lead advanced industries. He ordered a shift from sequential to parallel processing of approvals, demanded shorter environmental assessments and other permit timelines, and required pre-provisioning of electricity and water infrastructure, saying power will be especially critical for chip plants. Lee cited the Yongin industrial park—which took six years from site confirmation to groundbreaking—as a relative speed benchmark and told officials to resolve firms' concerns about baseload supply despite expanding renewable capacity.(金十数据)