Resumption of discharge of treated water...South Korean environmental group ”Sue Japan to the International Court of the Law of the Sea”

The Japan Joint Action to Stop the Dumping of Radioactively Contaminated Water into the Ocean (Joint Action) objected to the second release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and called for the Japanese government to be sued at the International Court of the Law of the Sea.
On the 5th, Joint Action held a press conference in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul's Jongno District to protest against Tokyo Electric Power Company's release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. All of the civil labor organizations that participated in the scene were from Japan.
They advocated a complete ban on the import of Japanese-produced marine products and a boycott of Japanese-produced marine products to prevent further release. Environmental groups accuse South Korean government of taking the lead in condoning Japan's international crimes
did. Choi Ye-young, director of the Citizens' Center for Environmental Health, said, ``The act of diluting radioactive and nuclear-contaminated water and dumping it into the ocean, rendering the efforts of the international community to protect the sea in vain, is a criminal act on a national level.''
``Nevertheless, the South Korean government accepts Japan's claims and gives them impunity for maritime crimes.'' ``From now on, the Korean government will ban all imports of Japanese marine products,
"Consumers in Japan should stop the dumping of radioactively contaminated water by boycotting Japanese products." University students also call on the government to ban the import of Japanese seafood over the additional release of treated water.
demanded. Kim JIYEON, executive director of Shingo University Net, said, ``Nearby countries have already imposed or are in the process of imposing import bans on marine products, and public opinion wants it, but the government is not saying anything.
"We cannot view the prefecture as normal," he said, stressing that "imports of Japanese marine products should be banned immediately." Collective action is to stand in solidarity with Japanese residents and prevent the Japanese government from releasing additional treated water.
urged the government. Park Seok-eun, permanent representative of Korea Progressive Solidarity, said, ``Residents and fishermen around Fukushima Prefecture have filed an application for a provisional injunction with the Japanese court and an administrative lawsuit to halt the release of the fish.''
We should stand in solidarity with the people's acts of resistance and sue the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea." Meanwhile, joint action by the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company is underway to prevent treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant from being released into the ocean.
It is a solidarity of 99 citizen groups that gathered together.