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                                  EXHIBIT 21.1


                         Subsidiaries of the Registrant

1. A.K. Industries, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Amkor-Anam, Inc., 
   each a Texas corporation. 

2. Amkor Electronics, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation. 

3. Amkor Anam Test Services, a California corporation.

4. C.I.L. Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the British Cayman
   Islands and its wholly owned subsidiary Amkor/Anam Euroservices S.A.R.L., a
   corporation organized under the laws of France. 

5. T.L. Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the British Cayman
   Islands and its subsidiaries, Amkor Anam Advanced Packaging, Inc., Amkor/Anam
   Pilipinas, Inc., and its subsidiary Automated Microelectronics Inc., each
   such subsidiary, a corporation organized under the laws of the Philippines. 
  
