South Korea Prepared for All Scenarios as It Seeks Changes to Nuclear Agreement With the US, Foreign Minister Says

South Korea's foreign minister said the country is prepared for all scenarios as Seoul seeks changes to its nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States, according to the headline. The report indicates a diplomatic push to revise bilateral nuclear terms rather than a confirmed rupture, so the immediate transmission runs through geopolitical risk premia and expectations for Korean sovereign risk rather than through direct trade flows. Korean won-denominated assets and the KOSPI are most exposed, since shifts in alliance terms can alter perceptions of security guarantees and the medium-term policy trajectory for the peninsula. Traders should watch the next formal statements from Seoul and Washington on the negotiating timeline, along with any move in the won's cross-rates against the dollar, as the clearest signal of whether markets are pricing a substantive policy change.

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