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Vice Foreign Minister Park Yun-joo speaks with a Yonhap News reporter at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., on November 30, after arriving in the United States to discuss follow-up measures to the Korea–U.S. Joint Factsheet. / Source: Yonhap News

South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yun-joo said on Monday that Seoul and Washington will discuss establishing a joint mechanism to implement the “Joint Factsheet,” the key deliverable of the recent Korea–U.S. summit outlining agreements on tariffs and security.

Speaking to Yonhap News at Dulles International Airport on November 30 (local time), Park said the purpose of her visit was “to consult with the United States on various issues included in the factsheet and discuss how to make progress.”

When asked whether the two nations planned to establish a bilateral working group specifically to carry out the factsheet, Park replied, “We will discuss that as well.”

She emphasized the need for an operational structure on both sides to implement the commitments. “For the various elements of the factsheet to be implemented, the U.S. needs its own organizational framework, and we need ours as well,” she said. “Taking U.S. circumstances into account, we will identify and build the necessary coordination channels.”

Regarding whether the talks would include South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines, Park said the two sides would “review all the issues included in the factsheet and work to find ways to move things forward.”

Park also noted that the meetings would provide an opportunity to coordinate policies on North Korea. “We plan to discuss all relevant issues,” she said.

Park is scheduled to meet U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on December 1, marking the first high-level consultation since the factsheet was announced on November 14.

According to the factsheet, “The United States supports the procedures that would allow the Republic of Korea’s peaceful enrichment of civilian-use uranium and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, within the framework of the U.S.–ROK nuclear cooperation agreement and consistent with U.S. legal requirements.”

This week’s talks are expected to lay the groundwork for how far and by what mechanisms South Korea’s enrichment and reprocessing authority can be expanded. While the government is reportedly considering revising the current nuclear cooperation agreement, which runs through 2035, Seoul is also weighing a shorter-term approach that would work within the existing framework while enabling faster processing.