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Nial Moores talks about nature in the DMZ

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by Philip Gowman on 19 December, 2010

in Asides | Conservation and Environment | Foreigners in Korea

Interesting podcast by British conservationist Nial Moores, director of Birds Korea, about conservation in and around the DMZ (HT Michael Rank). On Talking Naturally. http://bit.ly/dKRHix #. Nial goes birding on the islands near the Northern Limit Line and near the DMZ. Keywords: General post tags: Birds Korea | DMZ | Saemangeum

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