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Port city of Busan inundated with tourists keen to see the 3.5-metre animal close up
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City in South Korea
Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, is the second most populous city in South Korea, after Seoul; it has a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million makes Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification.
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A huge gray shark named Bukangi has become an honorary mascot in Busan.
The shark, nicknamed Bukang-i, was first spotted in the waters on 18 September