President Lee Jae Myung said US also supports Seoul's greater role in 'uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing'.

President Lee Jae Myung said US also supports Seoul's greater role in 'uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing'.

The United States and South Korea on Friday released a joint fact sheet on a trade agreement that includes Washington's approval for Seoul to develop nuclear submarines.

uth Korea took a major step forward Friday in its long-running quest to secure rights to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes.

The agreement comes amid a period of growing geopolitical tensions on the Korean Peninsula.