China News Service, December 23. According to South Korean media reports, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 23rd that Lee Tong Kyu, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Climate and Environmental Sciences, had recently summoned Daisuke Nangoka, Economic Minister of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, regarding Japan’s forcible nuclear sewage discharge. The maritime procedure expressed concern and conveyed a diplomatic letter stating South Korea’s position.
Data map: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
According to the report, an official of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the move was aimed at urging the Japanese Embassy in South Korea to convey South Korea’s position and diplomatic letters to the Japanese government.
The person said that in the future, it will continue to communicate and negotiate with relevant departments and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
According to reports, on the 21st, Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company submitted an application for a nuclear sewage discharge plan to the Japan Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission.
Subsequently, the South Korean government convened an emergency meeting to express concern about the Japanese side's move, and said that it would clarify its position to the Japanese side through diplomatic channels.
Earlier reports stated that people in many places in South Korea have recently held many demonstrations to oppose the discharge of Japanese nuclear sewage into the sea.