South Korea, US agree to discuss nuclear reprocessing, minister says

South Korea and the United States have agreed to begin talks on nuclear fuel reprocessing, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said.

Currently barred under a US agreement to prevent nuclear proliferation, South Korea seeks reprocessing for industrial and environmental purposes, not weapons development, Cho emphasized.

According to Reuters, he talks aim to explore ways to allow safe reprocessing within existing agreements, with potential implications for future nuclear energy cooperation between the two nations.