President Park Geun-hye and visiting Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Monday and shared views on Korea’s drive for a creative economy and ways to cooperate in developing a next-generation nuclear reactor and alternative energy sources.
During their meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, Park showed respect to the software mogul’s “creativity and efforts to eradicate poverty.”
Gates’ visit received attention as he had hinted at co-developing a next-generation nuclear reactor with South Korea’s Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute.
Some news reports also paid attention to Gates’ focus on alternative energy development, saying his stance may help add weight to the Seoul government’s pending nuclear energy agreement renegotiation with Washington. The two governments are currently at odds over Korea’s demand to reprocess spent fuel rods to fight a growing nuclear waste problem.
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