Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Affairs Elliot Kang (center) and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton (far right) attended the Jeju Forum press conference held on the 26th. Former senior officials of the U.S. State Department who were in charge of nuclear nonproliferation and denuclearization affairs cautioned against optimism regarding the Korean government's introduction of nuclear-powered submarines, saying, "It is mutually beneficial to both Korea and the United States." Elliott Kang, former U.S.