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      Protest Against Fukushima Radioactive Water Release In Seoul, South Korea

      Tens of Thousands in Seoul: 'Stop the Dumping of Radioactive Wastewater'

      'It is time for the international community to step in and call out this clear breach of the international law'

      Common Dreams staff
      Sep 03, 2023

      South Koreans have continued a weekend rally against Japan's dumping of Fukushima nuclear plant's contaminated radioactive wastewater into the ocean by holding a large demonstration on Saturday.

      The protesters, including fishermen, activists and politicians, shouted slogans such as "Immediately stop the marine dumping of radioactive wastewater" and "Prohibit import of all Japanese aquatic products," as they urged the South Korean government to file a lawsuit with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea against the Japanese government.

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      Fukushima: We Must Not Forget!

      Rianne Teule
      Mar 11, 2014

      "Forgetting Fukushima makes it more likely that such a nuclear disaster could happen elsewhere," said Mrs Tatsuko Okawara, one of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the Fukushima accident that began on 11 March 2011.

      Though she is right, the world still seems to forget.

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