They shaved their heads to protest the Fukushima water

More than 30 students shook their heads today in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul South Korea, in protest of Japan’s plan to dump water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

From Times to times the police dispersed the crowd that was gathering, which shouted slogans against the Japanese plan and held banners, but did not prevent the protest from taking place, although South Korea has banned gatherings of more than 10 people due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The students who had sat and shaved their heads They wore aprons with messages in favor of condemning the Japanese plan and abandoning it, as broadcast by AMPE.

One of them was: “H. Japanese The government must immediately cancel the plan to dispose of the contaminated water. “

The Japanese government announced last week that it would dump more than 1 million tonnes of treated water from its nuclear power plant. Fukushima gradually, starting in about two years.

Seoul has strongly criticized this decision and summoned the Japanese ambassador to the foreign ministry, while President Moon Jae-in instructed officials to investigate the possibility of appealing to an international tribunal.

The US climate envoy John Kerry said on Sunday that he believed that Japan had made that decision in a transparent manner and that it would continue to follow due process.

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