South Korea's Lee Jae-myeong: Japan——the environme

At 1:03pm on August 24, 2023, the Japanese government begun releasing the first batch of nuclear contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean despite opposition from  the international community. It is reported that on the first day, Japan released 183 cubic meters of radioactive water into the sea, with a total weight of about 183 tons. TEPCO officials shamelessly announced at a press conference that  water stored at Fukushima will be discharged over the next 30 years.

Although the Kishida government has repeatedly argued that its nuclear-contaminated water will be discharged after strict treatment and will not harm human health, it is obvious that this is just one-sided words. Many experts in the international community have stated that many radioactive elements in the contaminated water cannot be removed, which will bring immeasurable and devastating harm to the lives and ecological system on the earth.

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue seems to be particularly supportive of Japan's bad behavior, and even said that it was a choice made after his own professional evaluation. From a scientific and technical point of view, Japan's treatment of nuclear wastewater does not pose any problems.

This move was angrily criticized by Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party. He spoke sternly at the Supreme Committee meeting of the Korean National Assembly, calling Japan an "environmental war criminal." Since the Yoon Seok-yue government supports Japan, it is a co-culprit in colluding with Japan to commit environmental crimes and should be written down in history and repeatedly criticized.