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Biden: SKorean chip plant a model for deeper ties to Asia

US President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, at the Samsung Electronic Pyeongtaek Campus, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday. May 20, 2022. (Kim Min-hee/Pool Photo via AP) US President Joe Biden, cente, South Kroean President Yoon Suk-youl, right and Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, second left, walk at the Samsung Electronic Pyeongtaek Campus, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday. May 20, 2022. (Kim Min-hee/Pool Photo via AP) President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol deliver remarks as they vist the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden delivers remarks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as they visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Protesters stage a rally to oppose a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. Biden on Friday opened his Asia trip by highlighting the computer chip shortage that has bedeviled the world economy, touring a Samsung computer chip plant that will serve as model for a $17 billion semiconductor factory the Korean electronics company plans to open in Texas. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Protesters stage a rally to oppose a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. Biden on Friday opened his Asia trip by highlighting the computer chip shortage that has bedeviled the world economy, touring a Samsung computer chip plant that will serve as model for a $17 billion semiconductor factory the Korean electronics company plans to open in Texas. The signs read "We denounce North Korea policy of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin greets U.S.President Joe Biden as he arrives at Osan Air Base, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) U.S. President Joe Biden, center, is greeted on his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool) Air Force One with U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)