Kim Dong-yeon "Government Must Immediately Demand Japan Withdraw Contaminated Water Discharge"

A post by Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, on his Instagram on the 22nd

Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, urged the Yoon Seok-yeol administration to immediately demand the Japanese government to withdraw the discharge of contaminated water from Fukushima.

On the 22nd, Governor Kim posted on his Instagram, asking, "For whom does the government of the Republic of Korea exist?" and then stated, "Japan will discharge contaminated water from Fukushima into the ocean on the 24th."

He continued, "Our government has consistently been busy representing Japan," pointing out, "It produced promotional videos for the safety of Japan's contaminated water using taxpayers' money and remained passive even during summit meetings."

He added, "As the governor responsible for protecting the lives and safety of 14 million Gyeonggi residents, I demand," and urged, "The government of the Republic of Korea must immediately demand the Japanese government to withdraw the discharge of contaminated water."

Meanwhile, the Japanese government announced on the same day that it has decided to begin discharging contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean as early as the 24th.

This marks the start of the discharge two years and four months after then-Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga officially decided on ocean discharge as the disposal method for contaminated water in April 2021. It has been about 12 years since the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, after concluding a related ministerial meeting on the discharge of contaminated water, added regarding the start date, "If there are no disruptions such as weather conditions, we expect it to be on the 24th."

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