South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jin-a met U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary James Danly in Busan on Wednesday to discuss ways to expand bilateral nuclear cooperation, the foreign ministry said. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the APEC energy ministers’ meeting and follows the summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Lee Jae-myung, where nuclear cooperation was described as a priority.

The two officials agreed to deepen communication on civilian nuclear energy and highlighted recent corporate deals in the small modular reactor (SMR) sector, including memorandums of understanding between Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Doosan Enerbility with