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Cold War thaw makes chilling news for wildlife in Korea’s DMZ

By Graham Land Fri, Sep 07, 2012 8:00AM UTC 0 Comment

The Korean Demilitarized Zone or DMZ – the 250km-long buffer zone which divides North Korea and South Korea – has served as an unintentional wildlife reserve since the Armistice Agreement of 1953. The near total absence of development and humanity from the DMZ has allowed native Korean wildlife to thrive over the years. Sure, there...

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Korean tigers return… sort of

By Nathan Schwartzman Sat, Oct 29, 2011 12:30PM UTC 2 Comments

It seems that the question of whether Korean tigers can make a comeback is at the first step towards having an answer. The Korea Forest Service has brought from China two Baekdu-san tigers. They are currently living at the Daejeon O-World zoo, in what looks like from the photo below, in pitiful conditions....

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Escape to Noosa: The perfect place for flood recovery

By Jo Lane Mon, Jan 31, 2011 1:55PM UTC 3 Comments

Noosa National Park. Pic: Joanne Lane, www.visitedplanet.com

I spent a few days R&R at Noosa this week, a beach town 130km north of Brisbane, hence the hiatus from blogging. It was a wonderful chance to relax after all the work to my house that was affected in the Brisbane floods. It was also possibly the most uneventful three days of my life...

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