South Korea looks to expand nuclear co-operation with GCC

President of the Republic of Korea (Korea) Park Geun-hye rounded off the Gulf tour which began on 1 March in Kuwait with two days in Saudi Arabia, followed by visits to the UAE and Qatar. It was a productive journey. According to The Korea Herald, 44 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed by Park’s delegation, while business delegates travelling with her won contracts worth $900m. One of the most important agreements was an MoU with Saudi Arabia for a joint three-year study looking at the feasibility of building Korean-made SMART (System-integrated modular advanced reactor) nuclear reactors in the kingdom.