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US classifies South Korea as ‘sensitive country,’ limiting cooperation on advanced tech.

english.hani.co.kr [Exclusive] US classifies South Korea as ‘sensitive country,’ limiting cooperation on advanced tech

This is the first time in history that South Korea has received this classification by the US government

This is the first time in history that South Korea has received this classification by the US government

The US Department of Energy (DOE), which supervises US energy policy and duties relating to nuclear power research and development and military nuclear weapon programs, has classified South Korea as a “sensitive country” and established regulatory measures in line with this, the Hankyoreh confirmed in an investigation on Sunday.

Classification as a sensitive country means that exchange and cooperation in connection with US advanced technology areas such as nuclear power and artificial intelligence (AI) are heavily restricted. This is the first time in history that South Korea has received this classification by the US government.

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Analysts read the decision as the US government sending a stern warning to counter the calls for independent nuclear armament that have recently been surfacing in South Korea.

Here's the real reason.
What

This is just so, so dumb.
There goes another ally we could possibly lose because of this idiot.
- It's obviously purposely done for that reason.
Trump felt nervous that South Korea showed a way to force down a terrible president.
- That and if you remember he's been on calls with Putin for the last few weeks. Putin hired North Koreans to help invade Ukraine. NK and Russia were worried South Korea might assist in defending Ukraine. So naturally. Trump has to start scrutinizing Korea more
This actually makes sense.

Donald Trump is on the same side as Vladimir Putin, who is friends with Kim Jong Un.

Therefore, the enemies of North Korea are enemies of Donald Trump.
- That's the only way any of trumps foreign policy makes sense.
  
  Our allies are being un allied before our eyes.... At the end of the term, us will have no allies left
  
  There will be no end of the term. Fascism doesn't just step aside when it's term ends.
  
  Seems like the US and China will be good allies, judging by how things are going.
So the US wants to become dead last in technology by allowing monopolies that have no reason to innovate and blocking any cooperation with nations who spend money on innovation and tech.

Good luck in the future, it's like Obama said about shortsightedness.
- The entire world is going to have Fusion power and the US will still be burning coal.
  
  But the US has no need for fusion, all it needs is cheap coal through deregulation and prayers to god to put back the burnt coal! /s
  
  That’s pretty much it. Trump—really, the folks who control him—is going to wall us off from the rest of the world, while the rest of the world continues moving forward. In power. In technology. In medicine.
- 48.8% of us understand the damage that is being done and oppose it but are powerless to stop it because 49.8% of us are too dumb to know what is real and what is fake on the internet…
  
  Plus our elected Democrats in Congress are cooperating with this bullshit for some reason.
I can see Trump going full fanboy on North Korea next. And punishing South Korea for no reason but to please Putin
Does anyone know what other nations fall into this "sensitive" classification?

Edit: I did some googling myself and here's the list below. (The short version is: Russia and their allies, China and their allies, and broadly the middle east. Weirdly, also Taiwan)

Algeria

Armenia

Azerbajan

Belarus

China (PRC)

Cuba

Georgia

Hong Kong

India

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Kazakhstan

Korea (North)

Kyrgyzstan

Libya

Macau

Moldova

Pakistan

Russia

Sudan

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

I realize that's a long list, I don't know, should I put that in a or code block or spoiler tag?
- Israel is an even stranger member of the post than Taiwan IMO.
Is it because their coup failed to take while the US is meekly capitulating to the stupids?
- Democracy in South Korea > Democracy in USA.
  
  The number of countries that don't fit on the left is decreasing every day.
  
  Idk, have you heard of chaebols? They basically run Korea.
Not that it's really needed, but if you ever needed even more evidence that Putin is in charge of the US, this is it.
This makes no sense. Aren't there like a billion us millitary bases there.
Looks like Trump is sparking off a huge wave of nuclear proliferation. South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Ukraine, and Poland all looking like they might proliferate. DoE can't reverse the damage Trump already did.
I assume this is because the current administration can’t tell the Koreas apart on the map.
- No, this administration just prefers the northern one.
  
  Yep. Donnie wants to curry favour with his old buddy Kim Jong Un.

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