STORY: Protesters in S. Korea rally against Japan's nuke wastewater discharge
DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2023
LENGTH: 0:02:00
LOCATION: Seoul
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of protesters in South Korea
2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHOU SIYU, Xinhua correspondent
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KIM SEO-JIN, Civic activist
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): KIM YONG-MIN, Democratic Party lawmaker
5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHOU SIYU, Xinhua correspondent

STORYLINE:

STANDUP 1 (English): ZHOU SIYU, Xinhua correspondent 
"Hundreds of South Korean politicians and ordinary people gathered Friday in central Seoul to rally against Japan's nuke wastewater discharge. The protesters shouted the slogan of 'Stop dumping Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater into ocean,' holding placards that read 'Don't kill the sea of life.'"

SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KIM SEO-JIN, Civic activist
"The ocean is a common asset of humankind. Any country doesn't have the right to monopolize it and should not monopolize it. Furthermore, South Korean citizens will voluntarily boycott Japanese fishery products. Don't you think so? That's the only one thing we can do."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): KIM YONG-MIN, Democratic Party lawmaker
"It is a rally to pressure our government to properly raise voice (about the discharge) in the international community, and take all possible measures such as filing a lawsuit with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (against the Japanese government)."

STANDUP 2 (English): ZHOU SIYU, Xinhua correspondent
"Japan started releasing Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite raging opposition from both at home and abroad.
The South Korean government said Thursday that the country will maintain import restrictions on Japan's fishery products.
The country has banned the import of all fishery products from eight Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima, and 27 agricultural products from 15 other prefectures, while all food imported from other Japanese regions has been tested for radioactivity.
Over the past few months, Japan's wastewater dumping plan has been under mounting criticism in South Korea.
The main opposition Democratic Party, civic groups and fishery industry held press conferences and protest rallies, denouncing nuke wastewater discharge as an irreversible disaster to all humankind."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Seoul.
(XHTV)