Mr Grossi was met with angry protests by civic groups as he arrived in South Korea last Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
is attracting great interest in the region, said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi on Sunday.
A Democratic Party member who chairs a special committee on the issue said the IAEA’s findings had “shortcomings”, and the widespread public concerns over safety in the country were “legitimate and reasonable”. South Korea’s government said last Friday that it respected the IAEA’s report and that its own analysis had found the release will not have “any meaningful impact” on its waters.
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