"We Have Bukang, What Are They Doing?"... Suspicious Man Appears at Dawn

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More than 1.3 million people have visited Busan Waterfront Park to see the blacktip shark "Bukang." With crowds of outsiders suddenly flocking to the area, problems such as trash and traffic congestion are reportedly becoming severe.

Ha Young-kwang from KNN reports.

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At dawn, a man throws something into the Bukang Port waterway.

He pays no heed to the warnings of people around him.

What was found at the scene turned out to be leftover bossam (boiled pork) and kimchi stew.

He discarded food waste right into the waterway where Bukang frequently swims.


[Jung Chang-geun, Jung Joon-bin / Yangjeong-dong, Busan: It is a bit unfortunate. It has become a mascot of Busan, and I hope people will follow the rules well, avoid throwing away trash like this, and show good civic consciousness on their own.]

Blacktip sharks like Bukang are known to lower their metabolism while sleeping and continue swimming.

However, as some citizens shine strong flashlights at night causing Bukang to show abnormal reactions, a vigilante group even emerged to stop this. Disputes broke out between citizens during their activities, leading to police dispatch.

Since the appearance of Bukang, the number of visitors to the Busan North Port Waterfront Park has surpassed 1.3 million.

However, with such a large crowd gathering, various difficulties in on-site management continue to arise.

In particular, nighttime hours when management personnel are reduced become a blind spot.

Illegal parking and traffic congestion around the North Port area caused by the influx of visitors are also problems.

[Kim Heon-ho / Head of Park Planning Team, Busan City: There are not many nighttime personnel. We patrol at night and guide people through banners and broadcasts, but there are limits with just that.]

Along with the intense interest directed toward Bukang, a "lucky blessing" that rolled into North Port, a mature civic consciousness seems necessary.

(Video by Park Eun-sung / KNN, Video Editing by Lee So-min / KNN)

Ha Young-kwang, KNN
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