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Busan to Launch Rescue Operation for Canal-Trapped Shark 'Bukang-I'

Authorities will use vessels and water pumps first, after 568,800 visitors came to see the trapped shark, officials said.

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The Busan city government said Monday it will launch a rescue operation this week for a 3.5-meter shark trapped in a local canal at a waterfront park in the southeastern port city.

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“Hey! Here! There’s a shark!” On the 29th, citizens shouted loudly as a shark appeared on the opposite side of the artificial waterway at Busan Port’s North Harbor Waterfront Park in Dong-gu, Busan, where a Coast Guard rescue boat was using a water pump to guide the shark out to sea. Although a thick stream of water sprayed from the rescue boat that had turned around, on the surface of the water...

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[OSEN=Jamsil, Reporter Han Yong-seop] “When will the Busan shark be released?” KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul was curious about the current status of ‘Bukang-i,’ the shark that unexpectedly appeared in the waterway of Busan North Port Waterfront Park. He wondered when it would be released back into the sea. Ahead of the game against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 27th, Manager Lee mentioned ‘Neukgu,’ the wolf that became a hot topic in …

(Busan=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-jae = The operation to release 'Bukang-i,' a shark that has been staying in the artificial waterway of Bukhang Waterfront Park in Dong-gu, Busan for 12 days, back into the sea began on the 29th...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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