Yoon dines on seafood as Fukushima discharge divides South Korea

President looks to manage backlash from water release and keep detente with Japan

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Despite domestic pushback, the administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has taken the position that it will accept the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. © Reuters

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- All week, seafood will be on the lunch menu at South Korea's presidential office.

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