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The Korean government announced yesterday (13) that it will actively respond to the issue of polluted water discharged from Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. Before the Tokyo Olympics next year, Japan seems to have pulled out the most sensitive radiation problem cards.

I'm Kim Hye-young.

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The government unveiled a response yesterday, with growing international interest in how Japan will treat radioactive contaminated water in Fukushima.

I asked for consultations with Japan and asked for relevant information, but the plan is to repeat the answer that it is considering how to deal with it. .

It also announced a joint response plan with neighboring countries concerned about the damage.

[In-Chul Kim / Foreign Ministry Spokesman: We are working closely with the Pacific Rim countries to actively respond to the issue of polluted water discharge from Fukushima nuclear power plant.]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the reservoir of contaminated water in Fukushima nuclear power plant is full in August next year and that it intends to take measures before that.

This period overlaps with the Tokyo Summer Olympics, which will start in late July next year.

The foreign ministry's open discussion of the contaminated water issue at Fukushima nuclear power plant is interpreted as a strategy to pressure the Abe regime to work on environmental issues ahead of the Tokyo Olympics next year.