S. Koreans urge Japan to store nuke-contaminated water on land

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S. Koreans urge Japan to store nuke-contaminated water on land

STORY: S. Koreans urge Japan to store nuke-contaminated water on land DATELINE: June 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protest rally against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater in Seoul 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean): KWON MIN-KYUNG, Seoul citizen 3. various of radioactive wastewater stored in Japan STORYLINE: Thousands of South Koreans rallied in central Seoul Saturday to protest against Japan's irresponsible plan of discharging nuke-contaminated water into the sea. They urged Tokyo to build more storage facilities on land for nuclear-contaminated water, holding signs that read "Protect Pacific Ocean" and "Storage on Land." SOUNDBITE (Korean): KWON MIN-KYUNG, Seoul citizen "The Japanese government certainly has a way of keeping radioactive wastewater on land, but to save money, simply to save money, (it decided to) release the wastewater into the sea. I think it is a criminal act that will badly destroy the marine ecosystem. The d

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