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SKorea: Anger as Seoul allows fur at Fendi fashion show

SKorea: Anger as Seoul allows fur at Fendi fashion show

By Mon, May 30, 2011 12:02AM UTC View Comments SKorea: Anger as Seoul allows fur at Fendi fashion show

South Korea’s capital city, Seoul, has allowed Italian fashion house Fendi to display fur items in a fashion show on the city’s newly built floating island on June 2. The show is part of Seoul’s grand plan to promote its man-made floating island on the Han river as the city’s new landmark. Animal rights and...

Korean peninsula hit hard by the foot-and-mouth disease

By Fri, Feb 11, 2011 3:35PM UTC View Comments

A foot-and-mouth outbreak has swept the whole Korean peninsula. South Korea is battling with its worst outbreak for several months now, with a quarter of its herd culled. And so as North Korea. Two dismal reports came out today; one confirming the disease outbreak in North Korea and the other expressing worries over the possibility...

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