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South Korean fishermen rallied against Japan’s decision of dumping treated radioactive water into the sea
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HWASEONG, 30 April, 2021 (TON): On Friday, the South Korean fishermen held protests across the country against Japan demanding its decision to reverse the release of contaminated water from its Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.
According to South Korea’s National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives, about 800 fishermen participated in rallies at ports in nine cities.
The fishermen held anti-Japan banners and chanted slogans such as “Withdraw Japan’s decision” and “Condemn irresponsible nuclear attack” at one port, at Gungpyeong on the west coast.
The protests began when this month Japan said that it will release more than 1 million tons of contaminated water into the sea from the plant crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 after filtering it to remove harmful isotopes.
However, the plan drew immediate opposition from its neighbors South Korea, China and Taiwan.
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