South Korea, opposition leader on hunger strike against 'radioactive water' Fukushima

The South Korean opposition leader announces a hunger strike in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul in protest against Japan's dumping of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. Lee Jeong-mi, leader of South Korea's revolutionary opposition Justice Party, launched a hunger strike on the 26th to oppose the release into the ocean of contaminated water treated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

According to South Korea's Yonghap news agency, Lee held a press conference in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, where he collated the results of a public opinion poll in which 84 percent of respondents opposed the release. of contaminated water in the ocean. We will fight together with the people until our demands are met." Lee said, "Even in Japan, there are growing voices against dumping contaminated water into the ocean." He said, "This hunger strike will be the starting point for gather public opinion" and stressed, "I want to convey the common sense and legitimate voice of the Korean people."