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Opening ceremony of the General Assembly of the Korean Society of International Politics_Nuclear Fuel

  • the stronger we become, the more appealing we become

  • Nuclear armament: nuclear armament

  • Nuclear-powered submarines are entirely separate from the commercial enrichment and reprocessing for the purpose of energy security.

  • as a nation aspiring to become one of the world’s top three AI powers, securing a stable supply of nuclear fuel is essential to meet the rapidly growing electricity demand required for expanding data centers

  • as one of the five leading nuclear energy nations, it is unacceptable from an energy security perspective for Korea to continue relying exclusively on imports for the low-enriched uranium used in our nuclear power plants.

  • given projections that storage capacity for spent nuclear fuel will reach its limits in the near future, reprocessing spent fuel is an urgent necessity to address this challenge.

  • Uranium enrichment and reprocessing are pursued solely to strengthen our energy security, and exclusively for commercial and peaceful purposes

  • nuclear latency: potential nuclear capability

BOK Lee Chang-yong press conference January

  • Tax cut policies: tax cut policies

  • The pace of slowdown is likely to be moderate

  • Due to concerns over fiscal sustainability

  • The US dollar weakened but in the new year, better than expected US economic data and heightened geopolitical risks made the dollar stronger.

  • Equity market continues to rise on expectations of improved corporate earnings

  • base effects: base effects

  • While recovery in consumption persists and construction investment stabilizes, we expect the economy to sustain the improvement observed since the latter half of last year.

  • Continue to underperform / remain weak/sluggish

  • caution is warranted to the K-shaped recovery pattern

  • Core inflation rate: core inflation

  • the won-dollar exchange rate, which had been on an upward trend, fell sharply

  • mid-to-upper 1,400 won range

  • Weakening expectations for a rate cut

  • Household lending by financial institutions: household lending by financial institutions

  • Smooth growth: moderate expansion/growth, stable/gradual growth