Fukushima seafood Archives

S. Korea Stands Firm on Fukushima Seafood Import Ban

SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will stick to its ban on seafood imports from Japan’s Fukushima region regardless of Tokyo’s reported decision not to file an appeal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the import ban, a senior official said Wednesday. Park Ku-yeon, the first deputy chief of the Office for [...]

S. Korea Dismisses Chances of Lifting Fukushima Seafood Import Ban

SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s current ban on imports of seafood from Japan’s Fukushima area will remain in place regardless of Japan’s planned release of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, a senior government official said Friday. South Korea has banned all seafood imports from eight Japanese prefectures near [...]