Asian Nations Want To Sink South Korea Whale Plan
Reuters2012-07-06: PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – South Korea‘s proposal to resume whaling for scientific research has angered other Asian countries and conservationists who said the practice would skirt a global ban on whale hunting. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she would fight the proposal, which was made on Wednesday at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Panama City, while the United States said it planned to take the matter up with the South Korean government. Critics said the move to pursue whaling in domestic waters was modeled on Japan‘s introduction of
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