S. Korea's nuclear-powered submarine program poses no proliferation concerns: IAEA chief

South Korea's planned nuclear-powered submarine program should not raise proliferation concerns given that a solid and specific safeguards arrangement will be concluded with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the agency's chief said Monday. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi noted Seoul and the IAEA have already begun such discussions, though they are still in a preliminary stage, due largely to the lack of specific details for Seoul's envisioned submarine program. "As you know, in

By The Korea Herald