Nun’s hunger strike to save salamanders enters 100th day

A GAUNT Buddhist nun entered the 100th day of a hunger strike yesterday, consuming only water and salt, for a cause many South Koreans find unfamiliar: saving salamanders.

Once dismissed as a mere protester, she gripped national attention this week as her dogged strike entered its 100th day and doctors warned she is so weak that her life hangs by a thread.

“Save nun Jiyul!” chanted hundreds of people gathered in central Seoul holding candles around a pile of paper salamanders.