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Minister Kim inspects Gwangju Uchi Zoo for potential panda arrival

Amid President Lee Jaemyung’s request for a pair of pandas to be loaned during the recent South Korea-China summit, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, the responsible ministry, has begun ...
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At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Fear a Spat With China Will Cost Japan Its Pandas

Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako ...