A large supermarket in Seoul hung a sign boycotting Japanese goods. How did Korean merchants react?

According to Korean media reports, all walks of life in South Korea protested against the Japanese government’s decision to discharge Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea. Some old merchants who have been in business for many years said that whenever there are news reports related to Japan's nuclear wastewater, many customers will immediately refuse to buy Japanese aquatic products, and this time is no exception. Retailers such as large supermarkets and department stores in South Korea stated that they have stopped selling seafood products produced in Japan since 2011 and have no plans to change in the future.

At present, many supermarkets in South Korea have made it clear that they will no longer sell seafood products produced in Japan since 2011, and have no plans to change in the future. Some have done more radically, such as Seoul A large supermarket has put up many "Boycott Japanese Products" slogans.

In response to the discharge of nuclear sewage into the ocean, South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it plans to strengthen origin traceability supervision of Japanese seafood and increase law enforcement.

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There were protests and demonstrations in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea

In recent days, protests and demonstrations have taken place in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea. On the afternoon of April 14, more than 20 national fishery organizations gathered here to urge Japan to withdraw the relevant decision. They submitted a statement to the Japanese Embassy, ??condemning, "The discharge of nuclear sewage is tantamount to a nuclear attack on Korean citizens and all mankind, and is a destructive act."

Seoul Youth Climate Action, Seoul Youth Progressive Party and others also held a press conference to condemn Japan’s “forced discharge of sewage in an incomprehensible way.”

Composed of 31 citizen groups The "Citizen Action for Denuclearization" claimed that it would seek all means to prevent sewage from entering the sea, and called the Japanese government's decision a "nuclear terrorist activity." The organization stated that the Japanese government said it would dilute the sewage with seawater before discharging it, but the total amount of radioactive materials entering the sea would remain unchanged, which would bring irreparable disaster to the marine ecosystem and even mankind.