On the 24th, the Korea Development Bank announced the launch of a special fund for facility investment support amounting to 19 trillion won, which supports four key industries: artificial intelligence (AI), secondary batteries, biohealth, and displays.
The goal is to support investment funds used for domestic corporations, including value chain upstream and downstream industries, as well as materials, parts, and equipment corporations, not only for their own facility investments but also for securing core technologies through research and development and overseas mergers and acquisitions. The interest rate will be set at the bank's procurement cost level for corporations with excellent credit.
This special fund will be operated at a scale of 19 trillion won (limit) from 2025 to 2027, with this year's limit set at 6 trillion won.
The bank noted that it offers the lowest interest rate among self-funded products that were formed without linking to government finances (government contributions) and stated, "This special fund aims to actively support domestic corporations engaged in core industries to continuously maintain and expand their technological gap and secure global competitiveness."
Additionally, the bank launched a special program for semiconductor facility investment support last January. The total operating scale is 17 trillion won, and it will be operated until 2027.