Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Moon Seong-hyeok bows before presiding a meeting with those in the country's fishing industry at Government Complex Sejong, Friday, regarding the Japanese government's decision to release radioactive water into the sea earlier this week. Yonhap

The government held a vice-ministerial interagency meeting on Friday to discuss measures to deal with Japan's plan to release a massive amount of radioactive water into the sea, including a push to take part in international verification, officials said.

The meeting came as Seoul is considering taking concrete action after Tokyo said it will discharge over 1.2 million tons of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, starting in 2023.

President Moon Jae-in has ordered officials to consider taking the issue to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). On Thursday, a foreign ministry official said the government is intent on taking active part in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s efforts to verify the disposal process.