South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has denied there were official plans to build nuclear power plants in North Korea as alleged by a recent news report. 

A local broadcaster on Thursday had reported that an investigation into deleted documents related to the closing of the Wolsong-1 reactor in Gwangju, South Korea, had also uncovered materials showing plans to construct nuclear reactors in North Korea as well as other inter-Korean energy projects. 

Prosecutors in Daejeon had charged three Energy Ministry officials last month of deleting 530 documents in 2019, just prior to an audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection on the closure of Wolsong-1. 

According to their indictments, shown by the broadcaster, the recovered files with North Korea mentions were produced in May 2018, around the time President Moon Jae-in had held his first and second summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The unnamed Energy Ministry official explained that while there could have been working-level considerations ahead of possible reunification, there was no promise made to North Korea for such a project.