South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun flew to the Czech Republic Tuesday to attend a contract signing ceremony for a new nuclear power plant.

A court in the Czech Republic has blocked the government from signing a deal with South Korea’s KHNP to build at least two nuclear reactors.

A Czech court has blocked a subsidiary of the country's main electricity firm CEZ from signing an at least $18 billion contract with South Korea's KHNP to build a new nuclear power plant until it handles a complaint filed by the losing bidder EDF of France,