South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok called on Monday to avoid any negative impact on science, technology and energy cooperation with the United States, after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) designated South Korea as a 'sensitive' country.

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) is weighing a parliamentary resolution calling on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to withdraw its designation of South Korea as a "sensitive" country, a DP lawmaker said Monday.