As I periodically do, I combed through google a bit to track down some Ulsan For You-related news. Unfortunately, outside of Korean petrochemical companies cutting production due to shrinking demand, all I could find was this painting (above) of a whale the city spent money to put on a liquid storage tankowned by Taeyoung [...]

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And if they did come out of the water it might be at Jangsaengpo Port, Ulsan, near where I live, where there is a long row of  whale restaurants lining the coast. More on that in a minute.
From the Telegraph:
Scientists in Japan have given a beluga whale a vocabulary of three words, the first time [...]

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Korean cities are perfectly functional —  for Koreans. This makes  drawing international tourists  a tricky proposition. It’s getting better, but strewn about the country the carcasses of hare-brained ideas meant to draw foreign visitors that never quite panned out. World’s fair style towers, dilapidated amusement parks, “western” style bars. Koreans are often the worst [...]

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