SOUTH KOREA’S NEW GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE AMBITIOUS NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMME

THE NEW South Korea government of Park Geun-hye, 61, the country’s first woman president, looks unlikely to waver from its predecessor’s staunch support of the ambitious South Korean nuclear energy programme.Ms Park has not explained in detail how she will run her country’s atomic energy industry. But judging from recent general comments by the president and her officials, analysts predict her nuclear energy policy will be almost identical to the five year tenure of President Lee Myung-bak, who handed over power in February.Like Mr Lee, she is expected to ...


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