Government: "Korean Experts Monitor Entire Fukushima Discharge Process... Closely Watching Japan's WTO Measures"

"Initially expected 1 week, but took about 17 days"
"No notification of 'WTO demand'... closely monitoring"

On the 4th, the government stated regarding the activities of experts dispatched to the site related to the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, "Since they are already there, it seemed better to continue monitoring the entire process to ensure there are no abnormalities, so we have given them an additional mission to stay and keep checking the situation."

Park Gu-yeon, the First Deputy Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, said at a daily briefing on the Fukushima contaminated water discharge held at the Government Complex Seoul, "Initially, it was expected that about a week would be sufficient to observe the discharge process, but the discharge, described as the 'first batch,' will take about 17 days in total until the end of this week."

Deputy Minister Park added, "When synthesizing the cross-verification by local experts and the analysis of real-time information, there have been no abnormalities so far, and nothing has occurred that warrants individual announcements."

Park Gu-yeon, First Deputy Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, is briefing on future plans regarding the discharge of nuclear power plant contaminated water at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 4th. Photo by Jo Yong-jun jun21@

He further stated, "Unless there is a separate explanation, it can be understood that there are no particular problems or concerns," and mentioned that related explanations will be provided once the final activity plan is completed.

Meanwhile, regarding reports that Japan will dispute China's ban on imports of Japanese seafood at the World Trade Organization (WTO), Deputy Minister Park said, "There has been no notification to our government yet. We are also closely monitoring the situation." The government maintains its position that the ban on seafood imports from areas near Fukushima is unrelated to the discharge of contaminated water and that there will be no changes to this stance.

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