Fukushima Archives | Page 5 of 8 | Be Korea-savvy
Alarming Radiation Levels Near Fukushima 25 Times Higher than in Tokyo: Report

Alarming Radiation Levels Near Fukushima 25 Times Higher than in Tokyo: Report

SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In the realm of South Korean media, scant attention is being paid to the ongoing inspection mission taking place in Fukushima, Japan, where contaminated water poses a persistent threat. The reason behind this lack of coverage lies in the South Korean government’s sympathetic stance toward its Japanese counterparts, leading [...]

S. Korea, Japan Agree on Seoul Team’s Four-day Visit to Assess Nuclear Water Release Plan

S. Korea, Japan Agree on Seoul Team’s Four-day Visit to Assess Nuclear Water Release Plan

SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan have agreed that a delegation from Seoul will visit Japan for four days to assess Tokyo’s plan to discharge radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Saturday. Working-level officials from the two countries held a meeting in Seoul on [...]

S. Korea to Beef Up Inspection into Seafood Imports amid Fukushima Concerns

S. Korea to Beef Up Inspection into Seafood Imports amid Fukushima Concerns

SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will conduct a special inspection into the marking of country of origin for imported seafood products on concerns over Japan’s planned release of contaminated water from its crippled nuclear power plant, the oceans ministry said Wednesday. The two-month intensive inspection in cooperation with the Coast Guard will [...]

Imports of Japanese Seafood Jump 21 pct in Q1 amid Tainted Water Concerns

Imports of Japanese Seafood Jump 21 pct in Q1 amid Tainted Water Concerns

SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean imports of Japanese seafood swelled nearly 21 percent in the first quarter of 2023 despite concerns over Tokyo’s planned release of contaminated water from its crippled nuclear power plant, government data showed Tuesday. Seoul imported US$48.6 million worth of fishery products from the neighboring country in the [...]

Radioactive Substances Still Found in Japanese Agricultural, Fishery and Livestock Products: Civic Groups

Radioactive Substances Still Found in Japanese Agricultural, Fishery and Livestock Products: Civic Groups

SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been 12 years since the Fukushima disaster, and radioactive substances continue to be found in Japanese agricultural, fishery, and livestock products, civic groups claimed. The Korean Federation for Environmental Movements and the Korea Radiation Watch reported that 5.3 percent of 13,070 fishery products tested by Japan’s Ministry [...]

Half of Japanese People Sees Release of Contaminated Water as Lacking Public Interest

Half of Japanese People Sees Release of Contaminated Water as Lacking Public Interest

SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of the Japanese public believes that Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)’s plan to release the contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant this spring or the summer is not in the interest of the Japanese public, a survey showed Tuesday. The Japan Nuclear Energy [...]

Presidential Office Rules Out Resumption of Seafood Imports from Japan’s Fukushima

Presidential Office Rules Out Resumption of Seafood Imports from Japan’s Fukushima

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office on Thursday ruled out resumption of seafood imports from Japan’s Fukushima region over radiation contamination concerns, saying the health and safety of people are the foremost priority. “Fukushima seafood will never come into the country,” the office said in a notice to media. “With regard to [...]

Collapse of Fisheries Industry? Sashimi Aficionados in S. Korea on Edge

Collapse of Fisheries Industry? Sashimi Aficionados in S. Korea on Edge

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Sashimi enthusiasts in South Korea are growing increasingly restless. Vague fears, after all, are far more unnerving than specific, concrete pains. Despite international opposition, Japan is set to release radioactive water into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant as early as April. Alarming research suggests that [...]

Safety Review Not Done Yet for Japan’s Planned Release of Contaminated Water into Sea: Seoul Official

Safety Review Not Done Yet for Japan’s Planned Release of Contaminated Water into Sea: Seoul Official

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A top South Korean official stressed that a nuclear safety review process has not yet finished for Japan’s planned release of contaminated water from its hobbled Fukushima Daiichi plant into the sea. “The government’s top priority is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the people,” Nuclear Safety and [...]

Demand for Jeju Seafood Expected to Plunge After Japan’s Fukushima Water Discharge: Poll

Demand for Jeju Seafood Expected to Plunge After Japan’s Fukushima Water Discharge: Poll

JEJU, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Demand for Jeju Island seafood and the region’s tourism market is expected to fall drastically once the Japanese government releases radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean in April next year, a poll showed Tuesday. The Jeju Research Institute conducted a nationwide survey of [...]