Wi Sung-lac instructed lawmakers that the federal government intends to have the submarines inbuilt Korea
Nationwide safety adviser Wi Sung-lac offers a report on the Nationwide Safety Workplace to the Nationwide Meeting’s Steering Committee throughout a parliamentary audit on Nov. 6, 2025. (Yonhap)
After the US licensed Korea’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, Korea’s prime nationwide safety official stated Korea doesn’t intend to construct them within the US.
Nationwide safety adviser Wi Sung-lac stated Korea plans to construct the nuclear-powered submarines domestically throughout a parliamentary audit of the Presidential Secretariat, Nationwide Safety Workplace and Presidential Safety Service on the Nationwide Meeting’s Home Steering Committee.
Wi’s remarks went a step past Protection Minister Ahn Gyu-back’s response to Folks Energy Occasion (PPP) lawmaker Yu Yong-weon’s query about whether or not nuclear-powered submarines must be inbuilt Korea throughout a plenary session of the Nationwide Meeting’s Nationwide Protection Committee the day before today. Ahn commented on the time that he thought it could be “acceptable” for the submarines to be inbuilt Korea “since we have now been researching the subject and accumulating expertise for greater than 30 years.”
Kang Solar-young, one other PPP lawmaker, requested Wi if the federal government was contemplating the steep prices of constructing the submarines on the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, within the US. “There can be appreciable upkeep prices, and there will even be an operational vacuum,” she famous.
Wi responded as follows: “We’re paying heed to numerous considerations about nuclear-powered submarines, and we intend to take them into consideration as we transfer ahead with submarines that can be cost-effective. We intend to construct submarines that meet our wants and to construct them in Korea.”
“Investing in a submarine facility on the Hanwha Philly Shipyard wouldn’t be practical, and neither wouldn’t it be practical to contract with an American firm like Common Dynamics to construct the submarines. In regard to protection autonomy, we stay within the place of prioritizing the South Korea-US alliance and our mixed protection capabilities, however we’re emphasizing protection autonomy as we search to tackle a much bigger function and make higher contributions,” Wi stated.
By Shin Hyeong-cheol, workers reporter
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