date:Jul 18, 2012
Earlier this month, South Korea notified the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that it planned to lift an all-out whaling ban and start catching the animal for scientific purposes only in immediate waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula, reportsYonhapNewsAgency.
But the plan prompted an international outcry, with some countries urging Seoul to reconsider.
Discussions between government ministries have been concluded in a way that effectively scraps the plan to allow whaling in coastal wa