South Korean anti-nuclear activists have threatened a boycott of Taiwanese products. A 12-member delegation, including four South Korean MPs, on a f utile mission to press Taipei to cancel the deal. A flotilla of 50 South Korean fishing boats has rehearsed a planned open-sea blockade of Taiwan nuclear waste shipments to North Korea. Many nations, including South Korea, have storage tanks filled with millions of gallons of nuclear wastes. Some tanks are better maintained than others.
Some countries are more advanced in waste management technology than others.
No catastrophic accident s involving nuclear wastes have been reported - except those of Soviet nuclear wastelands reported in the West but denied by the Soviets. It should be recalled, contrary to South Korea's claim that North Korea is a novice in managing nuclear waste, that the first reactor on the Korean peninsula was built in North Korea - not in South Korea. Prof. Ha Kyong Won, was trained in the United States. Taiwanese and Hong Kong tourists and investors are welcome in North Korea. North Koreans are well aware of the fact that Hong Kong has close ties to Taiwan and that now is the time to grab some of the Hong Kong dollars at the expense of Beijing - before it takes over Hong Kong later this year.