Huge protest against Rafael Grossi at Gimpo airport, Seoul, South Korea

Sung-Hee Choi , 7 July 23

Most western mainstream media says that the [right wing] South Korea government agrees with the IAEA draft that the Japanese government’s decision to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the ocean fits to standard.

However, it does seldom say that just last night(July 7/8), Grossi, the director-general of the IAEA was hugely unwelcomed, stranded for hours in the Gimpo airport, Seoul, thanks to protestors with the signs including the one which read, “Did you leak the draft for 1 million euroes?” Around 280 policemen were mobilized to fence Grossi from the righteously angry South Korean protesters.

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https://www.kukinews.com/newsView/kuk202307080001?skin=news

Please watch the videos

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230708_04/. (English)

https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_202307080504347351

“More than 80 percent of respondents in 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region except for Japan said Japan’s plan of dumping nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is “irresponsible” and nearly 90 percent of respondents showed negative sentiments such as worries and shock toward the plan, and 94 percent of them deemed such move will have a negative effect not only on Japan and Pacific Rim countries but also the whole world, a survey conducted by the Global Times Research Center found.”

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1293659.shtml?fbclid=IwAR1ts1-B_IXJTqQDZMH-46dx-ah3FRxBgU-PtBoMMbWFkQG67_dV2ETw-V0See also

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230630_20/?fbclid=IwAR3CNvbsTp_