South Korea’s opposition parties and civic groups held a large-scale rally to protest against Fukushima’s nuclear pollution discharge into the sea.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Seoul, August 26th (Reporter Lu Rui, Zhou Siyu) A number of opposition parties and civic groups, including the Common Democratic Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, held a large-scale rally in the center of Seoul on the afternoon of 26th, strongly urging the Japanese government to cancel the decision to discharge Fukushima nuclear polluted water into the sea, and demanding that Yin Xiyue’s government take measures to prevent Fukushima nuclear polluted water from discharging into the sea.

　　Thousands of South Koreans attended the rally, holding high slogans such as "Removing Fukushima nuclear polluted water from the sea" and "condemning Yin Xiyue’s regime", and shouting slogans such as "Japan should keep nuclear polluted water in its own country" and "condemning Yin Xiyue’s government, which speaks for Japan".

　　Li Zaiming, the leader of the Common Democratic Party, said in a speech at the rally: "Japan has crossed an insurmountable boundary, which is a provocation to mankind and a declaration of war against countries along the Pacific Ocean." "In the past, Japan used to invade and kill with knives and guns for its own interests, and now it is trying to commit crimes that damage the environment in the Pacific again."

　　Li Zaiming demanded that the Japanese government immediately stop discharging nuclear polluted water into the sea, which is harmful to the health and safety of all mankind, and apologized to South Korea for discharging nuclear polluted water into the sea. He also urged Yin Xiyue’s government not to be the "spokesman" of Japan, to fully perform its duty of protecting national life and safety, and to prevent Japan’s immoral nuclear pollution from discharging water into the sea.

　　Kim Yong-fu, vice president of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Associations of Korea, said that the government should immediately take measures to completely ban the import of Japanese aquatic products so that Korean nationals can safely eat Korean aquatic products.

　　On the evening of the same day, a "Busan Citizens’ Meeting to Prevent Fukushima Nuclear Contaminated Water from Discharging into the Sea" was held in front of Busan Railway Station Square in South Korea. Hundreds of Busan citizens attended the rally and asked Yin Xiyue’s government to take measures to prevent Japan from discharging nuclear contaminated water into the sea.