Korean government to take action over soaring DRAM costs, including monitoring markets and pricing — internet data plans to be restructured and recycled PCs to be distributed to vulnerable groups

South Korean computer store.

A series of new reports from South Korea indicate that the government is planning to step in with measures to help insulate its population from the worst of the global RAM and NAND crisis, which is causing both individual PC components and PCs generally to soar in price. According to The Korea Herald, the government plans to reuse and recycle more computers used by public agencies, expanding programs that provide PC hardware to vulnerable groups. No Cut News further reports that the government plans to monitor markets and pricing, while even restructuring internet usage plans to guarantee minimum access.

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