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March 17, 2005

Open Boat in Seoul!

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Well here we are in Seoul, I'm typing this from the offices of our Korean colleagues KFEM (Korean Federation for Environmental Movement) after gorging on a delicious spicy lunch of pickled cabbage and rice. But food aside, more important (well, at least as important) news: tomorrow is the spectacular welcoming ceremony for the Rainbow Warrior in Incho'n Harbour, so this is just a quick post with the details.

Open Boat in Inch'on Harbour


How to get there: take the subway to East Inchon Station, there will be shuttle buses every 30 minutes from the station to the Harbour.


Friday 18th March - Welcoming Ceremony for Rainbow Warrior. Ceremony starts at 11:00am, and tours of the ship start at 2:00pm after a traditional Korean lunch.


Saturday 19th March - tours from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Sunday 20th March - tours from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Monday 21st March - tours from 10:00am - 5:00pm

For more information (in Korean) see http://www.kfem.or.kr/home/whales/

That's all for now, a proper introduction tomorrow!

- Adele

Posted by Adele at March 17, 2005 11:05 AM

Comments

Welcome to Korea!

Greetings from Wen Bo in Beijing, a crew member on Rainbow Warrior during the Toxic Asia Tour in 2000.

After that trip in 2000 I joined Greenpeace and helped open a Beijing office. It was a good experience.

Back in 2003, we conducted whale meat trade research in Busan. And TRAFFIC East Asia also has a good report on the issue. www.traffic.org

There was a documentary film on KBS which features dolphins and whales in Korea. Very good one.

Also there is a book titled Whales of Korea. Worth buying and keep it in the cabin of the Warrior.

Thanks to KFEM and my friends there! Great job to bring the Warrior to Korea! Bon Voyage!

Posted by: bluewings[TypeKey Profile Page] [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 20, 2005 04:35 AM

Welcome to Korea!

Greetings from Wen Bo in Beijing, a crew member on Rainbow Warrior during the Toxic Asia Tour in 2000.

After that trip in 2000 I joined Greenpeace and helped open a Beijing office. It was a good experience.

Back in 2003, we conducted whale meat trade research in Busan. And TRAFFIC East Asia also has a good report on the issue. www.traffic.org

There was a documentary film on KBS which features dolphins and whales in Korea. Very good one.

Also there is a book titled Whales of Korea. Worth buying and keep it in the cabin of the Warrior.

Thanks to KFEM and my friends there! Great job to bring the Warrior to Korea! Bon Voyage!

Posted by: bluewings[TypeKey Profile Page] [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 20, 2005 04:35 AM

Thanks Wen Bo, will pass on your greetings to KFEM! We also have some KBS documentary makers on board, so I'll tell them you liked KBS's previous documentary too!

Posted by: Adele at March 28, 2005 10:15 AM

As a new zealander I approve to protect whales and all the other marine mammals. I wish Korea will stand out beside New Zealand and all the other Countries keen on helping to save the world

Posted by: sandro lionello at March 31, 2005 02:34 PM