Protest erupts in central Seoul over Japan’s nuclear wastewater discharge

South Korea’s main opposition party on Friday launched a signature campaign in central Seoul to protest Japan’s planned release of nuclear-polluted water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Members of the Democratic Party of South Korea gathered in the streets of Seoul, holding placards and banners and chanting slogans, while people signed on a petition against Japan’s radioactive wastewater discharge plan. It came after a team of South Korean experts concluded a two-day trip to Fukushima on Thursday, with a mission to check health safety concerns surrounding the wastewater discharge agenda. The Democratic Party of South Korea opposed the team’s visit, saying it could end up giving its blessing to the planned release of contaminated water. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan triggering a tsunami that engulfed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing core meltdowns and leading to the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. With tainted water rapidly filling storage tanks at the crippled power plant to capacity, the Japanese government said in January this year that over one million tons of tritium-laced wastewater will be released into the Pacific over a 30-year period from 2023, despite strong international outcry. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!