The Democratic Party, who took a strong tone in the successive Japanese reports, even protested’shaving’ at the condemnation rally
In addition, Yoon Jae-gap, chairman of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Special Committee of the Democratic Party, holds a hair-shaving ceremony at the National Assembly on the morning of the 30th to oppose the import of marine products from Fukushima and condemn the humiliating diplomacy with Japan. yunhap news
On the 30th, the President’s Office said, “There will never be a case of Fukushima seafood coming into Korea,” regarding concerns over imports of seafood from Fukushima, Japan.
The President’s office said in a press announcement that day, “There is no change in the government’s position that the health and safety of the people is the top priority in relation to the import of Japanese seafood products.” The statement of position on this day is interpreted as a result of a series of Japanese media reports that Japan asked President Seok-Yeol Yoon to lift restrictions on imports from Fukushima following the Korea-Japan summit, and even domestic public opinion is deteriorating.
Japan’s Kyodo News quoted an official the day before, and on the 17th, the second day of President Yoon’s visit to Japan, at a meeting with former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and other members of the Japan-Korea Federation, regarding the issue of marine discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, “Even if it takes time, Korea will I will seek the understanding of the people.”
The President’s office has continued to state that ‘national safety comes first’, but when the controversy resurfaced with the Kyodo News report, it is interpreted that it issued a message of ‘import is not allowed’ in a more stern tone such as ‘never’.
The ruling party also came to the defense. Representative Jeong Jin-seok, who was present at the meeting where President Yoon met with former Prime Minister Suga and others as the chairman of the Korea-Japan Parliamentary Federation, expressed strong regret about the Kyodo News report that day, saying, “It is not true at all.” Rep. Chung said on Facebook, “President Yoon never said anything like that, but rather, ‘As the Fukushima polluted water problem inevitably feels uneasy as a citizen, even if it takes time, we will find out the scientific and objective truth under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It is important to accurately identify and inform,” he said.
In addition, the Democratic Party raised the level of the offensive by holding a condemnation rally and even a shaving ceremony. Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, said in a rally against the import of marine products from Fukushima and condemnation of humiliating diplomacy against Japan that day, “The Democratic Party will find out the truth to the end and hold responsible for the humiliating talks that regressed history and severely damaged the pride of the nation and people.” It was full of fire. At the condemnation rally that day, Rep. Yoon Jae-gap, a member of the National Assembly’s agricultural and marine affairs committee and the chairman of the special committee on maritime affairs and fisheries, shaved his head.
Former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, a representative ‘Jilpa’ within the Democratic Party, said on Facebook, “What happened at the Korea-Japan summit and two dinners that were suspicious from the beginning?” “What happened in Tokyo? The Yoon Seok-yeol government urged,” he urged.
Reporters Ahn Seok and Moon Kyung-geun
