It is good that we had postponed our trip to Busan, now we can take in Whale Meat City (also known as Ulsan) as well: After all, Ulsan is known as Whale Meat City. The heyday of whaling in Ulsan, 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Busan, came in the 1970s and 1980s. Legend has it that even the local dogs running around town would carry a chunk of whale meat in their mouths. Times have changed. It’s an open secret among restaurant owners that environmental activists from Greenpeace send undercover investigators to Ulsan every year. They come to check the origins of the pricey whale meat served in local diners. A news report last week revealed that local police had raided two unlicensed warehouses in the city’s main port, Jangsaengpo. The cops found 60 tons of minke whale meat. The case closed the town’s strip of seafood restaurants selling whale meat for more than 10 days. To avoid illegal trading in whale meat, the authorities are making a last-ditch effort. The Whale Research Center a...