US President Donald Trump during the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Photo credit: Bloomberg) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

President Donald Trump approved plans for South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine at a US shipyard about a day after Seoul pressed Washington to obtain nuclear fuel for submarines.

“Our Military Alliance is stronger than ever before and, based on that, I have given them approval to build a Nuclear Powered Submarine, rather than the old fashioned, and far less nimble diesel powered Submarines that they have now,” Trump said in a social media post Thursday.

The move comes as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is stepping up his naval fighting force, building new destroyers that weapons ex

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