SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Yonhap) — Ruling party chief Han Dong-hoon on Tuesday suggested the need to revise a civilian nuclear pact between South Korea and the United States to allow Seoul to acquire nuclear reprocessing and enrichment technology.
Han of the People Power Party (PPP) made the remark during a forum organized by the Yeouido Institute, a PPP think tank, to discuss ways to strengthen the South Korea-U.S. alliance under the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
“The government should be fully preparing for the flexible idea of including, if necessary, a revision to the South Korea-U.S. nuclear energy accord that allows the acquisition of enrichment and reprocessing technology,” he said.
The bilateral agreement was initially signed in 1974 with the aim of making sure that South Korea’s use of nuclear power posed no proliferation risks. It was later revised in 2015.
Han Dong-hoon (C), the leader of the ruling People Power Party, gives congratulatory remarks at a forum organized by the Yeouido Institute in Seoul on Nov. 19, 2024. (Yonhap)
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