April 13 According to Yonhap News Agency, on the morning of the 13th, the South Korean government held an emergency meeting to discuss the government’s position and countermeasures around Japan’s formal decision to discharge nuclear wastewater.
The deputy (deputy minister) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Marine Aquatic Products and the Atomic Energy Safety Commission of Korea participated in the meeting.
Ju Runzhe, director of South Korea’s State Adjustment Office, will hold a press conference after the meeting to announce the government’s countermeasures.
The Japanese government held a meeting of relevant cabinet staff that morning and formally decided to discharge nuclear wastewater containing harmful to the marine environment from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.