Koreans have "big appetites," South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has requested Trump's support for developing nuclear submarines.

US President Trump and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met in Gyeongju, South Korea on the 29th. Yoon Suk-yeol said, "I hope South Korea makes a decision so that it can obtain fuel supply for nuclear submarines," and requested support for the development of nuclear submarines. After the meeting, the South Korean side announced that the tariff negotiations between the two countries had ended, including reducing the tariff on South Korean cars to 15%.

Currently, the US-South Korea nuclear agreement prohibits South Korea from enriching uranium and reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants. It is believed that Yoon Suk-yeol has revised the agreement and requested permission to reprocess nuclear fuel in South Korea.

At the beginning of the meeting, Yoon Suk-yeol explained that he did not intend to build a submarine equipped with nuclear weapons, but rather a nuclear submarine with conventional forces. "Diesel submarines have limited diving capabilities and are restricted in tracking North Korean and Chinese submarines," he said.

At the meeting, Trump announced that he would not meet with Kim Jong-un, the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, which he had been exploring during his visit to South Korea. He told reporters, "The schedule does not match." Trump said, "We know that the Korean Peninsula is formally in a state of war, and we will consider what we can do to resolve it," and expressed willingness to end the Korean War.

According to the South Korean government, in the US-South Korea tariff negotiations, South Korea agreed to invest 350 billion US dollars (about 5.3 trillion yen) in the United States to exchange for the car tariff being reduced from 25% to 15%. After the meeting, Trump said, "We have reached an agreement."

Trump left Japan on the 29th and arrived at the last destination of his Asia tour, South Korea. He completed his speaking schedule at the APEC-related activities.

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