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Korea Dumped Waste in Japanese Waters For 15 Years

February 11th, 2008 by James

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“>Whoops, looks like South Korea officially designated part of Japanese waters as a waste dump area:

Some part of waste dump areas in the Sea of Japan designated by the South Korean government overlaps with the continental shelf area and thus the exclusive economic zone of Japan. Unaware of this, South Korea has dumped waste in these areas for the past 15 years.

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The demarcation line between the continental shelves was established as a result of an agreement in 1974. The borderline of the EEZs of the two countries was delineated as a result of a new agreement on fisheries between Korea and Japan in 1998.

A South Korean government official said the continental shelf area and the EEZ “are quasi-territorial waters of any country, as the country has exclusive jurisdiction over resource development, environmental preservation and fishery rights in those areas. To avoid diplomatic friction, we must immediately revoke the designation of the waste dump areas that infringe Japanese jurisdiction.” He said the issue was “tantamount to our government having dumped waste in Japanese territory. We should take responsibility according to international law if Japan proves that its marine environment has been contaminated.”

But an official with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said, “We’ve banned waste dump in the Japanese-controlled areas since 1998, so our government will not have to take responsibility for it. But it’s true that we’ve infringed Japanese jurisdiction, so we’ll work out ways to redesignate waste dump areas.”

At least it’s better than radioactive waste.

[via FG]



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11 Comments »

Comment by The Overthinker
2008-02-12 00:42:19

Because of the way currents circulate in the “West Sea,” a lot of Korean junk ends up washed up on the beaches of Japan anyway….

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Comment by K
2008-02-12 02:01:42

Korea should just give up its lands and be sucked into China and Japan respectively, and call it a day.

Assimilate, now!

Might as well. Then all of this can be blamed on no one but themselves.

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Comment by The Overthinker
2008-02-12 09:39:28

Don’t forget Russia. Russia has long had designs on Korea.

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Comment by ...
2008-02-19 01:08:30

what a freak.

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Comment by morningstar
2008-02-12 11:05:28

Why Has Japan let this go on so long a time? In US that is not torrerated. Japan need to be more assertive!

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Comment by Alex
2008-02-12 13:43:48

I don’t think anyone was actually aware until now…

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Comment by nala
2008-02-12 14:33:54

who are the ninjas now. LOL

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Comment by zaciroth
2008-02-13 11:58:55

Korea….our waste is yours :)

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Comment by Mel
2008-02-16 09:03:08

That’s discusting!

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Comment by Mel
2008-02-16 09:03:30

That’s disgusting!

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