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Budget Minister Park Hong-keun outlined three 'mega-projects' prioritizing chips, AI data centres, and physical AI, alongside a 50 trillion won spending restructuring targeting underperforming programs. President Lee Jae Myung framed the windfall as a strategic opportunity to secure AI dominance. A 'Future Response Fund' will channel excess tax revenues into youth, growth, regional development, and talent. Analysts note risks: the budget relies on cyclical semiconductor profits from two companies, and the chip boom is already pressuring Korea's bond market and stoking inflation concerns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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