Gov’t misses chance to add Fukushima water release issue on WHA agenda
May 04, 2021, 08:40 am
People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Kim Mi-ae/ Photographed by Lee Byung-hwa (photolbh@)
AsiaToday reporter Jo Jae-hak
Amid growing public concerns over Japan’s decision to release the radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, it has been revealed that the South Korean government missed the opportunity to publicize the issue to the international community. It has been confirmed that the government did not request to bring up the agenda involving Japan’s management of the Fukushima waste water during the annual Board meeting held in January. Considering that the Japan’s decision to release waste water has been expected, the government faces strong criticism that it has virtually neglected its responsibility as one of Japan’s closest neighbors.
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Opposition wins Seoul and Busan mayoral elections
Apr 08, 2021, 07:42 am
Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party shakes hands with his party members at his party’s office in Yeouido, Seoul, after news that he has outpaced his rival Park Young-sun in vote-counting for the Seoul mayoral election that took place on April 7, 2021./ Photographed by Lee Byung-hwa
AsiaToday reporter Jo Jae-hak
The April 7 by-elections was clearly a bitter judgement of the public against the Moon Jae-in administration. Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) is expected to win the Seoul mayoral seat against his rival Park Young-sun of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) by double-digit margin, an exit poll showed. In the southern port city of Busan, PPP candidate Park Heong-joon beat DP candidate Kim Young-choon by double-digit margin to win the Busan mayoral seat.
Election Day has come
Apr 07, 2021, 09:06 am
(L) DP candidate Park Young-sun (photographed by Song Eui-joo ) and PPP candidate Oh Se-hoon (photographed by Lee Byung-hwa)
AsiaToday reporter Lee Jang-won
The April 7 by-elections are held today. The by-elections to pick the new mayors of Seoul and Busan are expected to be a key barometer of voter sentiment ahead of next year’s presidential election. Voting for the two mayoral seats and 19 other regional public posts is set to begin at 6 a.m. and last till 8 p.m. on Wednesday at 3,459 polling stations across the country in the elections.
The elections in Seoul and Busan, which are being conducted because of alleged sexual harassment by former mayors, have been recognized as a battle between those who want to pass a judgment on the Moon Jae-in government and those who want to maintain the incumbent administration’s stable management of state affairs. Besides, the real estate issue was a hot potato of the battle after land and rea
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