[1/5] Lee Young-Min and her children pose for photographs during an interview with Reuters in Seongnam, South Korea, June 28, 2023.
The release of the water from huge storage tanks into the Pacific is expected soon though no date has been set.
The rush to stock up contributed to a nearly 27% rise in the price of salt in South Korea in June from two months ago, though officials say the weather and lower production were also to blame.
South Korean fisheries authorities say they will keep a close eye on salt farms for any rise in radioactivity.
South Korea has banned seafood from the waters near Fukushima, on Japan's east coast.
Persons:
Lee Young, Min, Kim SEOUL, Song Sang, keun, Japan's, Hirokazu Matsuno, Kim Myung, Hyun Young Yi, Jack Kim, Robert Birsel
Organizations:
Reuters, REUTERS, Fisheries, ., Thomson
Locations:
Seongnam, South Korea, Japan, Tokyo, Seoul, Korea, Fukushima, Japan's, China