SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 out of every 10 South Koreans are opposed to Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, a public opinion poll showed Friday. The survey conducted on 1,000 South Korean adults on Tuesday and Wednesday by Research View showed 72.4 percent [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday that Japan will begin to discharge treated radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant Thursday, despite lingering safety concerns. The controversial decision came after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave final approval to the discharge last month, saying Japan’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday voiced concerns as the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant filed for approval for its plan to release radioactive water into the sea. The Seoul government held an emergency vice-ministerial meeting after Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) submitted an application for the planned [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday expressed concerns over Japan’s assessment report about its planned release of radioactive water into the sea from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The stance was delivered at a virtual meeting between South Korea and Japan over a draft report by Tokyo Electric Power Co. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean civic groups on Friday urged Japan to scrap its plan to build an undersea tunnel to discharge radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. The groups, including the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements and the Korea Radiation Watch, held a joint news [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean civic groups on Tuesday asked Japan to retract its decision to release contaminated water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, denouncing the move as nuclear terrorism. An alliance of 31 anti-nuclear and environmental civic groups in South Korea issued a statement expressing resentment [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has provided South Korea with insufficient information so far about its plan to release radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, a foreign ministry official said Monday. Tokyo appears close to announcing the plan to gradually release into the Pacific Ocean more than [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of South Korea’s National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives on Thursday demanded that Tokyo withdraw its plan to discharge radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Im Joon-taek, chairman of the federation, also known as Suhyup, met with Masato Nagai, a councilor from the Japanese embassy, [...]