Current controversies on nuclear latency and step forward to sustainable peaceful uses of nuclear energy for the U.S.-South Korea alliance

By Sang Gil Park [Advisor, Lee&Ko]



 

►  As North Korea’s threats to Seoul escalate, advocacy for South Korea’s self-nuclearization is gaining momentum and political consensus.

► Both advocates of self-nuclearization and some nuclear experts are now speaking with a unified voice on securing nuclear latency, although their objectives differ: the former aims for security purposes, while the latter focuses on peaceful use.

► There is a two-step approach to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through the peaceful use of nuclear energy, not through self-nuclearization by South Korea.


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