<PAGE>
    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 29, 2002
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                   ----------
                             AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
                                   ----------

                 DELAWARE                                 23-1722724
      (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                  (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
       INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)

                              1345 ENTERPRISE DRIVE
                             WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
                                   ----------
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)

            AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                     AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1998 STOCK PLAN
       AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR FRENCH EMPLOYEES
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)
                                   ----------
                                KEVIN HERON, ESQ.
                                 GENERAL COUNSEL
                             AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                              1345 ENTERPRISE DRIVE
                             WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
                                 (610) 431-9600
 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
                                   ----------
                                   COPIES TO:
                             BRUCE M. MCNAMARA, ESQ.
                        WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                            PALO ALTO, CA 94304-1050
                                 (650) 493-9300

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         AMOUNT         PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM      AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO                                    TO BE          OFFERING PRICE    AGGREGATE OFFERING   REGISTRATION
BE REGISTERED                                         REGISTERED(1)       PER SHARE             PRICE                FEE
-------------                                         -------------       ------------          --------             ---
<S>                                                  <C>                <C>                <C>                  <C>
Common Stock, $0.001 par value,
To be issued under the Amkor Technology, Inc.,
-- 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan                   482,937 shares     $       2.43(3)   $ 1,174,019.85       $    108.01
-- 1998 Stock Plan                                   3,365,004 shares     $       2.86(2)   $ 9,623,911.44       $    885.40
-- 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees         203,983 shares     $       2.86(2)   $   583,391.38       $     53.67
                                                     ----------------     ------------      --------------       -----------

         TOTAL                                       4,051,924 shares                       $11,381,322.67       $  1,047.08
                                                     ----------------     ------------      --------------       -----------
</TABLE>

(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable under the Amkor Technology. Inc. 1998 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, 1998 Stock Plan, and 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees
(the "Plans") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without Amkor's receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Amkor's
common stock.

(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee. This computation is based the average of the high and the low
prices per share of the Company's Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq
National Market on October 23, 2002 (the "Market Price").

(3) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and based upon 85% of the Market Price (the price at which
Common Stock may be sold to employees pursuant to the terms of this plan).

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<PAGE>
                             AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). You may read and copy our reports,
proxy statements and other information filed by us at the public reference
facilities of the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's Regional Offices. Copies
of such materials can be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference
Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the
public reference rooms. Our reports, proxy statements and other information
filed with the Commission are available to the public over the Internet at the
Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov or website at http://www.amkor.com.

The Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" into this registration
statement the information we filed with the Commission. This means that we can
disclose important information by referring you to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this
registration statement. Information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference
the documents listed below and any future filings made by Amkor or the Plans
with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act until this offering is complete:

      -     Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
            31, 2001 and amendments thereto on Form 10-K/A filed on April 25,
            2002.

      -     Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31,
            2002 and June 30, 2002.


      -     Our Current Report on Form 8-KA filed October 29, 2002, our Current
            Report on Form 8-K filed August 22, 2002, our Current Report on Form
            8-K filed August 1, 2002, our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April
            25, 2002, and our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 1, 2002.

      -     Our Definitive Proxy Statement and Schedule 14A filed on May 24,
            2002.

      -     The description of our common stock contained in our Registration
            Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act on October 22,
            1997, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
            updating such description.

The financial statements of the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1999,
have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
However, the registrant has been unable to obtain the written consent of Arthur
Andersen with respect to the incorporation by reference of such financial
statements in this Registration Statement. Therefore, the registrant has
dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent of Arthur Andersen in
reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As a result,
you may not be able to recover damages from Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of
the Securities Act of 193, as amended, for any untrue statements of material
fact or any omissions to state a material fact, if any, contained in the
financial statements of the registrant for the aforementioned financial
statements which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

      Not applicable.
<PAGE>
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

      Not applicable.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL"), Amkor's Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person who is
or was or who had agreed to become a director or officer of Amkor or who had
agreed at the request of Amkor's Board of Directors or an officer of Amkor to
serve as an employee or agent of Amkor or as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall be indemnified by Amkor to the full extent permitted by the
DGCL or any other applicable laws. Such Certificate of Incorporation also
provides that no amendment or repeal of such Certificate shall apply to or have
any effect on the right to indemnification permitted or authorized thereunder
for or with respect to claims asserted before or after such amendment or repeal
arising from acts or omissions occurring in whole or in part before the
effective date of such amendment or repeal.

Amkor's Bylaws provide that Amkor shall indemnify to the full extent authorized
by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or a
proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he or she was or is a director, officer or employee of Amkor or
any predecessor of Amkor or serves or served any other enterprise as a director,
officer or employee at the request of Amkor or any predecessor of Amkor.

Amkor has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain
of its officers.

Amkor maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is a director or officer
against any loss arising from any claim asserted against such person and expense
incurred by such person in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

      Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

4.1   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

4.2   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan.

4.3   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees.(1)

5.1   Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, as
      to legality of securities being registered.

23.1  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2  Consent of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co.

23.3  Consent of Samil Accounting Corporation.

23.4  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. (2)

23.5  Consent of Siana Carr & O'Connor, LLP

23.6  Consent of Ahn Kwon & Company.

23.7  Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
      5.1).

24.1  Power of Attorney (see signature page).

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed October 6, 1997 (File No. 333-37235).

(2) The financial statements of the Registrant for the year ended December 31,
1999, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
However, the registrant has been unable to obtain the written consent of Arthur
Andersen with respect to the incorporation by reference of such financial
statements in this Registration Statement. Therefore, the registrant has
dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent of Arthur Andersen in
reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As a result,
you may not be able to recover damages from Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of
the Securities Act of 193, as amended, for any untrue statements of material
fact or any omissions to state a material fact, if any, contained in the
financial statements of the registrant for the aforementioned financial
statements which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
<PAGE>
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

(a) Rule 415 Offering

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
      material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
      previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
      to such information in the registration statement.

      (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
      Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
      to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
      therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
      to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
      of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
      of the offering.

(b) Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
or the Plan's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(h) Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of registration
statement on Form S-8

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of West Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on October
29, 2002.

AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.

By: /s/ James J. Kim
    ------------------------------------
    James J. Kim
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints James J. Kim and Kenneth T. Joyce, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to sign any registration statement for the same
offering covered by this Registration Statement that are to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, , and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto in all documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
             NAME                                      TITLE                               DATE
             ----                                      -----                               ----
<S>                                 <C>                                              <C>

/s/ JAMES J. KIM                        Chief Executive Officer and Chairman         October 29, 2002
-------------------------------
James J. Kim

/s/ JOHN N. BORUCH                             President and Director                October 29, 2002
-------------------------------
John N. Boruch

/s/ KENNETH JOYCE                             Chief Financial Officer                October 29, 2002
-------------------------------     (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Kenneth Joyce

/s/ WINSTON J. CHURCHILL                              Director                       October 29, 2002
-------------------------------
Winston J. Churchill

/s/ THOMAS D. GEORGE                                  Director                       October 29, 2002
-------------------------------
Thomas D. George

/s/ GREGORY K. HINCKLEY                               Director                       October 29, 2002
-------------------------------
Gregory K. Hinckley

/s/ JOHN B. NEFF                                      Director                       October 29, 2002
-------------------------------
John B. Neff

/s/ Jurgen Knorr                                      Director                       October 29, 2002
-------------------------------
Jurgen Knorr
</TABLE>

<PAGE>


                             AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

4.1   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

4.2   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan.

4.3   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees.(1)

5.1   Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, as
      to legality of securities being registered.

23.1  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2  Consent of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co.

23.3  Consent of Samil Accounting Corporation.

23.4  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.(2)

23.5  Consent of Siana Carr & O'Connor, LLP

23.6  Consent of Ahn Kwon & Company.

23.7  Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
      5.1).

24.1  Power of Attorney (see signature page).

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed October 6, 1997 (File No. 333-37235).

(2) The financial statements of the Registrant for the year ended December 31,
1999, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
However, the registrant has been unable to obtain the written consent of Arthur
Andersen with respect to the incorporation by reference of such financial
statements in this Registration Statement. Therefore, the registrant has
dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent of Arthur Andersen in
reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As a result,
you may not be able to recover damages from Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of
the Securities Act of 193, as amended, for any untrue statements of material
fact or any omissions to state a material fact, if any, contained in the
financial statements of the registrant for the aforementioned financial
statements which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 29, 2002
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                   ----------
                             AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
                                   ----------

                 DELAWARE                                 23-1722724
      (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                  (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
       INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)

                              1345 ENTERPRISE DRIVE
                             WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
                                   ----------
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)

            AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                     AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1998 STOCK PLAN
       AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR FRENCH EMPLOYEES
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)
                                   ----------
                                KEVIN HERON, ESQ.
                                 GENERAL COUNSEL
                             AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                              1345 ENTERPRISE DRIVE
                             WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
                                 (610) 431-9600
 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
                                   ----------
                                   COPIES TO:
                             BRUCE M. MCNAMARA, ESQ.
                        WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                            PALO ALTO, CA 94304-1050
                                 (650) 493-9300

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
AMOUNT         PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM      AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO                                    TO BE          OFFERING PRICE    AGGREGATE OFFERING   REGISTRATION
BE REGISTERED                                         REGISTERED(1)       PER SHARE             PRICE                FEE
-------------                                         -------------       ------------          --------             ---
Common Stock, $0.001 par value,
To be issued under the Amkor Technology, Inc.,
-- 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan                   482,937 shares     $       2.43(3)   $ 1,174,019.85       $    108.01
-- 1998 Stock Plan                                   3,365,004 shares     $       2.86(2)   $ 9,623,911.44       $    885.40
-- 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees         203,983 shares     $       2.86(2)   $   583,391.38       $     53.67
                                                     ----------------     ------------      --------------       -----------

         TOTAL                                       4,051,924 shares                       $11,381,322.67       $  1,047.08
                                                     ----------------     ------------      --------------       -----------
(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable under the Amkor Technology. Inc. 1998 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, 1998 Stock Plan, and 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees
(the "Plans") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without Amkor's receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Amkor's
common stock.

(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee. This computation is based the average of the high and the low
prices per share of the Company's Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq
National Market on October 23, 2002 (the "Market Price").

(3) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and based upon 85% of the Market Price (the price at which
Common Stock may be sold to employees pursuant to the terms of this plan).

================================================================================
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). You may read and copy our reports,
proxy statements and other information filed by us at the public reference
facilities of the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's Regional Offices. Copies
of such materials can be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference
Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the
public reference rooms. Our reports, proxy statements and other information
filed with the Commission are available to the public over the Internet at the
Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov or website at http://www.amkor.com.

The Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" into this registration
statement the information we filed with the Commission. This means that we can
disclose important information by referring you to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this
registration statement. Information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference
the documents listed below and any future filings made by Amkor or the Plans
with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act until this offering is complete:

      -     Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
            31, 2001 and amendments thereto on Form 10-K/A filed on April 25,
            2002.

      -     Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31,
            2002 and June 30, 2002.

      -     Our Current Report on Form 8-KA filed October 29, 2002, our Current
            Report on Form 8-K filed August 22, 2002, our Current Report on Form
            8-K filed August 1, 2002, our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April
            25, 2002, and our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 1, 2002.

      -     Our Definitive Proxy Statement and Schedule 14A filed on May 24,
            2002.

      -     The description of our common stock contained in our Registration
            Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act on October 22,
            1997, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
            updating such description.

The financial statements of the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1999,
have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
However, the registrant has been unable to obtain the written consent of Arthur
Andersen with respect to the incorporation by reference of such financial
statements in this Registration Statement. Therefore, the registrant has
dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent of Arthur Andersen in
reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As a result,
you may not be able to recover damages from Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of
the Securities Act of 193, as amended, for any untrue statements of material
fact or any omissions to state a material fact, if any, contained in the
financial statements of the registrant for the aforementioned financial
statements which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

      Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

      Not applicable.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL"), Amkor's Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person who is
or was or who had agreed to become a director or officer of Amkor or who had
agreed at the request of Amkor's Board of Directors or an officer of Amkor to
serve as an employee or agent of Amkor or as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall be indemnified by Amkor to the full extent permitted by the
DGCL or any other applicable laws. Such Certificate of Incorporation also
provides that no amendment or repeal of such Certificate shall apply to or have
any effect on the right to indemnification permitted or authorized thereunder
for or with respect to claims asserted before or after such amendment or repeal
arising from acts or omissions occurring in whole or in part before the
effective date of such amendment or repeal.

Amkor's Bylaws provide that Amkor shall indemnify to the full extent authorized
by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or a
proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he or she was or is a director, officer or employee of Amkor or
any predecessor of Amkor or serves or served any other enterprise as a director,
officer or employee at the request of Amkor or any predecessor of Amkor.

Amkor has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain
of its officers.

Amkor maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is a director or officer
against any loss arising from any claim asserted against such person and expense
incurred by such person in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

      Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

4.1   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

4.2   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan.

4.3   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees.(1)

5.1   Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, as
      to legality of securities being registered.

23.1  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2  Consent of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co.

23.3  Consent of Samil Accounting Corporation.

23.4  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. (2)

23.5  Consent of Siana Carr & O'Connor, LLP

23.6  Consent of Ahn Kwon & Company.

23.7  Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
      5.1).

24.1  Power of Attorney (see signature page).

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed October 6, 1997 (File No. 333-37235).

(2) The financial statements of the Registrant for the year ended December 31,
1999, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
However, the registrant has been unable to obtain the written consent of Arthur
Andersen with respect to the incorporation by reference of such financial
statements in this Registration Statement. Therefore, the registrant has
dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent of Arthur Andersen in
reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As a result,
you may not be able to recover damages from Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of
the Securities Act of 193, as amended, for any untrue statements of material
fact or any omissions to state a material fact, if any, contained in the
financial statements of the registrant for the aforementioned financial
statements which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

(a) Rule 415 Offering

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
      material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
      previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
      to such information in the registration statement.

      (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
      Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
      to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
      therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
      to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
      of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
      of the offering.

(b) Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
or the Plan's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(h) Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of registration
statement on Form S-8

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of West Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on October
29, 2002.

AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.

By: /s/ James J. Kim
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    James J. Kim
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints James J. Kim and Kenneth T. Joyce, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to sign any registration statement for the same
offering covered by this Registration Statement that are to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, , and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto in all documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
NAME                                      TITLE                               DATE
             ----                                      -----                               ----
/s/ JAMES J. KIM                        Chief Executive Officer and Chairman         October 29, 2002
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James J. Kim

/s/ JOHN N. BORUCH                             President and Director                October 29, 2002
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John N. Boruch

/s/ KENNETH JOYCE                             Chief Financial Officer                October 29, 2002
-------------------------------     (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Kenneth Joyce

/s/ WINSTON J. CHURCHILL                              Director                       October 29, 2002
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Winston J. Churchill

/s/ THOMAS D. GEORGE                                  Director                       October 29, 2002
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Thomas D. George

/s/ GREGORY K. HINCKLEY                               Director                       October 29, 2002
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Gregory K. Hinckley

/s/ JOHN B. NEFF                                      Director                       October 29, 2002
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John B. Neff

/s/ Jurgen Knorr                                      Director                       October 29, 2002
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Jurgen Knorr
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

4.1   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

4.2   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan.

4.3   Amkor Technology, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan for French Employees.(1)

5.1   Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, as
      to legality of securities being registered.

23.1  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2  Consent of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co.

23.3  Consent of Samil Accounting Corporation.

23.4  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.(2)

23.5  Consent of Siana Carr & O'Connor, LLP

23.6  Consent of Ahn Kwon & Company.

23.7  Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
      5.1).

24.1  Power of Attorney (see signature page).

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed October 6, 1997 (File No. 333-37235).

(2) The financial statements of the Registrant for the year ended December 31,
1999, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
However, the registrant has been unable to obtain the written consent of Arthur
Andersen with respect to the incorporation by reference of such financial
statements in this Registration Statement. Therefore, the registrant has
dispensed with the requirement to file the written consent of Arthur Andersen in
reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As a result,
you may not be able to recover damages from Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of
the Securities Act of 193, as amended, for any untrue statements of material
fact or any omissions to state a material fact, if any, contained in the
financial statements of the registrant for the aforementioned financial
statements which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.