A metropolitan city on the southeastern coast of Korea, the country's second most populous city and home to its largest port.
On September 18, 2026, a 3.5 m shark entered a canal at North Port Waterfront Park in Busan and circled for days, unable to get out. Warned that forcing it out could make it aggressive, the coast guard backed off. Nicknamed "Bukangi," the shark drew about 30,000 sightseers in one weekend.