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                     [Letterhead of Amkor Technology, Inc.]


                                 August 6, 1999






Via Edgar

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

     Re:  Amkor Technology, Inc.
          Registration Statement on Form S-1 for 7,000,000
          Shares of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Amkor
Technology, Inc. (the "Company") hereby applies to withdraw the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 for 7,000,000 Shares of Common Stock (Registration No.
333-49645) filed on April 8, 1998 (the "Registration Statement"). The
Registration Statement was initially filed solely to register shares of the
Company's common stock so that Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. ("Salomon") could
offer and sell these shares in market making activities. However, no offers or
sales of these shares were ever made, and Salomon has agreed not to offer and
sell these shares in future market making activities. Accordingly, the Company
respectfully requests that the Commission include an order withdrawing the
Registration Statement in the files for the Registration Statement.

     Please forward copies of this order to the undersigned at 1345 Enterprise
Drive, West Chester, PA 19380, and to Bruce M. McNamara, counsel to the Company,
at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304.

     If you have any questions, please call me at (610) 431-9600 or Mr. McNamara
at (650) 493-9300.

                                       Sincerely,



                                       /s/ Kenneth T. Joyce
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                                       Kenneth T. Joyce
                                       Chief Financial Officer

cc: Bruce M. McNamara, Esq.
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