Exclusive: South Korea's Yoon ready to offer 'tailored' benefits to attract Tesla gigafactory


FILE PHOTO A woman walks past a Tesla dealership in Hanam South Korea July 6 2020. Picture taken on July 6 2020.   REUTERSKim Hong-Ji

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a Tesla dealership in Hanam, South Korea, July 6, 2020. Picture taken on July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will offer "tailored" incentives to encourage Tesla to set up an electric vehicle gigafactory in the country and will minimise any risks posed by militant unions, President Yoon Suk-yeol told Reuters.

Yoon held a video call with Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk last week and Yoon's office cited Musk as saying South Korea is among the top candidate locations for a new Tesla factory.

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