Several South Korean leaders have said Seoul may pursue nuclear weapons amid fears over Pyongyang’s weapons programme.
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.
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.
