On August 24th, Japan insisted on initiating the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. According to the Global Times, Moon Jae-in, the former President of South Korea, criticized on the social platform that day.

Moon Jae-in wrote that the Japanese side opposed Japan's nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea, which not only caused serious anxiety to South Korean citizens, but also caused huge economic losses to the water supply industry.

He also criticized the current South Korean government for mishandling this matter and called on it to take strong support measures to compensate for the losses suffered by the aquaculture industry.

Despite opposition from various parties, Japan forcibly initiated the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea, which has attracted opposition from various parties in South Korea. On the 24th, South Korean environmental and civic groups held a protest at the Haiyuntai Beach in Busan, raising slogans along the beach with the words "Stop Discharging" and "Protect Our Oceans".

The Korean National Daily published an editorial on the 23rd stating that Japan's discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea is a "historic crime". Although the Japanese government has always emphasized that the decision to discharge water into the sea is "scientific", no one can be fully responsible for the continuous discharge of nuclear contaminated water for more than 30 years.

But what is clearly different from the Korean people is the attitude of the South Korean government.

On the 22nd, the South Korean government responded to the launch of a nuclear contaminated water discharge plan by the Oda government, stating that "there are no scientific and technological issues with Japan's discharge plan," which sparked public opinion controversy.

South Korean Prime Minister Han Tak soo said on the 24th that "experts around the world generally believe that there is no need to worry too much about marine food safety.

On the 25th, Lee Jae ming, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, criticized Japan for ultimately choosing the path of becoming an environmental war criminal. He criticized the South Korean government and said that the Yoon Seok hyeon government will remain in the annals of history as a co culprit in assisting Japanese crime.