Czech government pre-approves KHNP nuclear deal despite court injunction

The Czech government has pre-approved the sealing of a nuclear power deal worth over 25 trillion won or some 18 billion U.S. dollars with South Korea.

According to a press release on the Czech government's website on Wednesday the pre-approval was made during Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala's meeting with Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun in Prague.

South Korea and the Czech Republic were initially scheduled to seal the deal this week but a Czech court issued an injunction in response to a legal complaint filed by French energy company EDF that earlier lost the bid for the project to a consortium led by the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power.