South Korea's foreign minister told the country's legislature Wednesday that developing nuclear weapons is not off the table

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has designated ally South Korea a "sensitive" country, a spokesperson said on Friday, after the South Korean president briefly imposed martial law and amid talk of Seoul potentially developing nuclear weapons.

Instead of relying on declarations from Washington, the current allies of the USA may begin seeking security guarantees through their own nuclear weapons. On the shortlist of countries capable of pursuing such security measures,

US-sensitive country WASHINGTON, March 14 (Yonhap) -- The placement of South Korea on the U.S. Department of Energy's "sensitive country" list might pose a tricky test to the bilateral alliance, experts said Friday,