Protests against Japan's Fukushima decision spreading in South Korea

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Members of some 30 local groups of education and parents from North Jeolla Province stage a demonstration at Jeollabukdo Office of Education in Jeonju on Friday condemning Japan's decision to release into the ocean radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant and demanding local schools ban all foods from Japan. Yonhap

South Koreans' protests against Japan's bid to dump contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea are spreading across many sectors of society, with a number of protest rallies held in Seoul and elsewhere on Friday.

A civic group that comprises merchants from the Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market held a news conference in front of the Japanese Embassy in downtown Seoul condemning the Japanese government for unilaterally deciding to discharge radioactive water without any consultations with its neighboring countries.

The group warned that the planned release of contaminated water will certainly hurt everyone in the fisheries industry.

Seoul People's Action, an organization jointly created by 25 labor and progressive civic groups in the capital, also held a press conference in front of the Japanese Embassy to warn of a global disaster from Japanese wastewater and denounce the United States for taking sides with Japan.

"Why should the whole earth suffer a disaster due to the Japanese government's economical disposal of radioactive contaminants?" the organization asked.