{"id":3134491,"date":"2025-03-15T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=3134491"},"modified":"2025-03-16T10:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T08:13:29","slug":"south-korea-designated-by-us-as-sensitive-country-amid-nuclear-bomb-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2025\/03\/south-korea-designated-by-us-as-sensitive-country-amid-nuclear-bomb-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea designated by US as \u2018sensitive\u2019 country amid nuclear bomb talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several South Korean leaders have said Seoul may pursue nuclear weapons amid fears over Pyongyang\u2019s weapons programme.<\/b>
\nThe US Department of Energy has designated ally South Korea a \u201csensitive\u201d 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.
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\u2019s foreign ministry said the government was taking the matter seriously and in close communication with Washington.
\u201cWe will actively negotiate to ensure that there is no negative impact on energy, science and technology cooperation between South Korea and the United States,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n