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Celebrity shark guided out of South Korea canal refuses to swim out to sea
Bukangi the shark became an unlikely sensation after it was spotted in a canal in Busan weeks ago.
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A famed dusky shark in South Korea is continuing to linger near a canal that it was ejected from on Wednesday.
The shark, nicknamed Bukangi, became an unlikely sensation after it was spotted swimming in a canal in the south-eastern port city of Busan last month.
On Thursday, authorities said they had reinforced barriers to prevent Bukangi from returning. But it has yet to swim out into the open sea, and instead has been seen circling back repeatedly to the mouth of the waterway.
A government official told the BBC on Thursday afternoon that rescuers have concluded their operations to free the shark.