South Korean stance on Japan's treated radioactive water draws scrutiny

While the South Korean public grows increasingly critical of Japan's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea, the administration of President Moon Jae In is facing criticism of its own over its seemingly inconsistent stance on the matter.A local newspaper reported Thursday that a working group within the South Korean government had concluded last year that releasing the water from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific would not pose a problem from a scientific standpoint.According to the JoongAng Ilbo, a working group that was made up of gove…READ FULL ARTICLE