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The Korean government has announced its policy to actively inform and respond to the international community on the issue of polluted water discharged from Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. It seems that Japan has pulled out sensitive radiation problems ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics.

I'm Kim Hye-young.

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The government announced today a plan to actively respond to how Japan will treat radioactive contaminated water in Fukushima.

We asked Japan to discuss and ask for related information, but we only repeat the response that we are 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's nuclear power plant is interpreted as a strategy to pressure the Abe regime to work on environmental issues ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics.

(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae, Video editing: Jung Sung-hoon)