South Korea's president-elect wants U.S. nuclear bombers, submarines to return

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a news conference to address his relocation plans of the presidential office, in Seoul, March 20, 2022. [Reuters]

Advisers to South Korea's president-elect sought redeployment of U.S. strategic assets, such as nuclear bombers and submarines, to the Korean peninsula during talks held on a visit to Washington, one of the advisers said on Wednesday.

The team of foreign policy and security aides to incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol met U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan as Yoon seeks a more constant security presence to deter threats from North Korea as it steps up weapons tests.