South Korea designated by US as ‘sensitive' country amid nuclear bomb talk
The US Department of Energy has designated ally South Korea a 'sensitive' country, a spokesperson said on Friday, after the South Korean president briefly imposed martial law and amid talk of Seoul potentially developing nuclear weapons.
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The administration of then-President
Joe Biden put South Korea on the lowest tier of the Sensitive and Other Designated Countries List in January shortly before Biden left office, the DOE said in a written response to queries.
The department did not explain why the Asian nation was added to the list and did not indicate that President
Donald Trump was inclined to reverse the measure. The spokesperson said Seoul faced no new restrictions on bilateral cooperation in science and technology.
The designation would go into effect on April 15, media reports said.
South Korea's foreign ministry said the government was taking the matter seriously and in close communication with Washington.
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'We will actively negotiate to ensure that there is no negative impact on energy, science and technology cooperation between South Korea and the United States,' the ministry said in a statement.
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