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Commuter traffic stops for whales on Australia's humpback highway

Winter heralds the opening of the so-called humpback highway, a migratory corridor along Australia's east coast used by about 40,000 of the massive creatures as they travel from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding areas off Queensland state.

2025.6.26

A sperm whale floats below the surface of the water in Gwangyang, South Jeolla, on Friday. [KOREA COAST GUARD]

Sperm whale returns to the deep after surprise visit to South Jeolla harbor

A sperm whale spotted off the coast of Gwangyang Harbor in South Jeolla last week was seen moving back toward deeper waters on Wednesday after lingering nearshore for six days.

2025.4.9

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A dead minke whale on the shore at Baengnyeong Island on last Thursday [GREEN INCHEON]

Dead minke whale turns up on island in Yellow Sea

A dead minke whale was found on Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea. According to the Korea Coast Guard Station Incheon and a local environmental activist group called Green Incheon, the dead whale was discovered on Thursday at 12:49 p.m.

2024.1.30

Cheon Myeong-kwan made the shortlist for this year's International Booker Awards with his book 'Whale' in April. [YONHAP]

Fiction books find global acclaim [REWIND 2023]

Two Korean works of fiction garnered notable accolades from global literature critics this year - Cheon Myeong-kwan's "Whale" and Han Kang's "I Do Not Bid Farewell."

2023.12.27

People walk in front of the Jangsaengpo Whale Museum in Nam District, Ulsan, on Wednesday, a day before a revised bill that prohibits the introduction of new cetaceans at aquariums, including whales and dolphins, goes into effect. Some 16 dolphins and five belugas are in captivity nationwide, making them the last cetaceans on display. Riding and touching dolphins will be allowed only when approved by the government for educational purposes. [NEWS1]

Last of their kind

People walk in front of the Jangsaengpo Whale Museum in Nam District, Ulsan, on Wednesday, a day before a revised bill that prohibits the new introduction of cetaceans at aquariums, including whales and dolphins, goes into effect.

2023.12.13

Translator Kim Chi Young, left, and the cover of the book that she translated titled 'Whale' [KIM CHI- YOUNG, SCREEN CAPTURE]

Meet the translator who got lost in a 'Whale' of a literary world

Cheon Myeong-kwan’s “Whale” is a sprawling 20th-century epic that follows the lives of three females from the Korean countryside: a mute giant who can only communicate with elephants, her mother with seemingly inexhaustible ambitions and a one...

2023.5.9

The cover of 'Whale,' written by Cheon Myeong-kwan and translated into English by Kim Chi-young. The English version of the novel was published by Europa Editions in January. [SCREEN CAPTURE/INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE]

Cheon Myeong-kwan's 'Whale' of a tale makes International Booker Prize shortlist

Cheon Myeong-kwan's "Whale" on Tuesday evening became the fourth Korean novel ever to make it onto the International Booker Prize’s shortlist. Published 19 years ago, it was only recently translated into English by Kim Chi-young, and the...

2023.4.19

The cover of 'Whale' by Cheon Myeong-kwan and translated by Kim Chi-young [BOOKER PRIZE]

'Whale' by Cheon Myeong-kwan makes International Booker Prize shortlist

Cheon Myeong-kwan's "Whale" made the shortlist for this year's International Booker Awards, according to the British literary awards on Tuesday. The five other books that were included in the recent shortlist are: "Time Shelter" by Georgi...

2023.4.18