What does it mean for South Korea to be included on U.S. 'sensitive country' list?

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Mar 182025

美, 韓 ‘민감국가’ 지정… 원전•AI 등 첨단기술 협력 제약 불가피할까? For a closer look, our Bae Eun-ji, who has been following the story, joins us in the studio. Eun-ji, unlike what the acting U.S. ambassador said, as we just saw in your report, it looks like Seoul is not taking this issue lightly. Right. This was a huge blow to South Korea as this could mean potentially hindering technology and science cooperation with the United States. And as you mentioned, another problem was that the Korean government was not aware of this for two months leading to harsh criticism. South Korea was put on the list in January, shortly before then-President Joe Biden left office. But this month the government began to ramp up efforts to overturn the decision. But whether the Trump administration will reconsider the move remains to be seen. 2. As for the reason behind the listing, there appears to be lots of different speculation. And some have suggested this may have been led by what happened at an institution under the U.S.' energy department. That's right. Some observers have said the U.S. listing may have to do with a recent incident at Idaho National Laboratory a research institution under the U.S. Department of Energy where security regulations were breached. In a report to Congress last year, the department said it fired the laboratory's contractor employee, who tried to board a flight to South Korea with export-controlled information on nuclear reactor design software. But it was not immediately clear if this case contributed to the designation. And some say a single incident would not have led to such a significant decision by the U.S. government, so questions persist over why South Korea was placed in the lowest category of the Energy Department's sensitive countries list. We'll have to see how the situation unfolds. Thank you for the wrap-up, Eun-ji. We appreciate it. #SouthKorea #UnitedStates #Sensitive #Sensitive_country #대한민국 #미국 #정부 #민감국가 #협력 #제약 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook : / arirangtvnews 📣 Twitter : / arirangtvnews 📣 Homepage : https://v2.arirang.com/ 2025-03-18, 20:00 (KST)