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Hundreds search for wolf that escaped from zoo in South Korea

Local school closes in Daejeon city as hundreds of emergency service and military personnel scour area around O-World theme park where the wolf escaped from Authorities are hunting for a wolf after it escaped from a zoo in Daejeon, a South Korean city with a population of 1.5million. More than 300 people – including firefighters, police and military personnel – are taking part in the search operation, an official from the Daejeon fire headquarters said. Continue reading...

By Agence France-Presse

Activists howl with rage as escaped wolf faces death in South Korea

A wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea remained at large on Thursday, authorities said, prompting a local school to close over safety concerns as the search continued. The male wolf – born in 2024 and weighing about 30kg (66lbs) – escaped from O-World, a zoo at a theme park in Daejeon, about 150km (90 miles) south of Seoul, on Wednesday, triggering a wide search in surrounding areas. It remained at large on Thursday, authorities said, with a nearby school closing for safety. “Daejeon...

By Agence France-Presse

Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea - The Straits Times

Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea  The Straits Times

Kofia chief backs leveraged ETFs to boost market appeal

South Korea is at a critical juncture in upgrading its capital market, and the introduction of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds could help attract investors back from overseas, the head of the local financial investment industry said Thursday. Korea Financial Investment Association Chairman Whang Song-youp said such products would broaden investment options and enhance market competitiveness. “Because these products are not available in Korea, investors have turned to markets like Ho

By The Korea Herald

Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea

The wolf dug into the ground and damaged the zoo's installed fence before escaping, said an official from the Daejeon Fire Headquarters.

112 Chinese students lose South Korean visas over fake US college degrees

South Korea has revoked the visas of 112 Chinese students who allegedly used forged degree certificates from a defunct American college to transfer into a private university in Gwangju, exposing the country's struggle in recruiting foreign students to offset a collapsing domestic student pipeline.