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S. Korea offers nuclear help

South Korea's president offered Monday to help energy-hungry India build more nuclear plants as the two Asian powerhouses set a goal of doubling bilateral trade by 2014.

President Lee Myung-bak touted what he said was his nation's expertise in building nuclear power stations as he expressed hope that South Korean companies would help India to construct new atomic power plants. Lee said South Korea, which recently won a 20.4-billion-dollar deal to design, build and operate four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates, has displayed its competitiveness in the nuclear field.