Official and public opinion in South Korea grew increasingly emotional over time. The Koreans argue that waste shipments not only endanger the health and safety of residents of the Korean peninsula, but also aggravate tensions between the two Koreas and affect relations with Japan and the PRC.
針對此事，南韓朝野不滿情緒連日來益形升高，認為台灣將陸續把二十萬桶核廢料倒在離南北韓邊境不遠的廢礦坑，不但會影響朝鮮半島七千萬人口的性命安全，同時刺激南北韓之間的緊張情勢，進而可能影響日本、朝鮮半島及中國大陸之間的互動關係，因而南韓政府將以一切可能方式阻止台灣核廢料前往。