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Controversy is heating up again over the interview remarks of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol.
This is the part that said that there was no radiation leak during the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.
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controversial remarks of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol came out in an interview with the Busan Ilbo yesterday (4th).
In the process of explaining the safety of the nuclear power plant, he said, "The radiation leak basically did not happen because the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan did not explode."
However, the accident leaked radioactivity, and the Japanese government announced it as Level 7, the highest risk level on the international nuclear accident rating.
Democrats launched an onslaught.
“I thought the Japanese far-right person was a private tutor or that it was the story of the Japanese Prime Minister.” Criticism of presidential candidates poured in.
Even within the power of the people, there were voices of concern.
[Seungmin Yoo / Former Assemblyman: (Nuclear power plant) I think that it is forbidden for us to be overconfident or self-doubt about safety issues. Didn't you say something like that lightly.] The
former President Yoon explained that the remarks were reflected in the article differently from the original meaning.
The Chernobyl accident was an explosion of the nuclear power plant itself, but the Fukushima nuclear accident was an accident that was caused by an external factor such as a tsunami, he said.
The controversial part was removed from last night's article.
The Busan Ilbo said that there was a request for amendment from Yoon's side, and the purpose of the interview was to convey the exact position of the candidate, so it was accepted without harming the overall context.
(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi·Jang Sang-bo, video editing: Ha Seong-won, CG: Lee Jong-jeong, Kang Yu-ra)