Animal rights activists in South Korea celebrate today as the country’s largest canine slaughterhouse closes amid rising international pressure.

Campaigners from Humane Society International describe conditions inside as horrifying, telling reporters they found electrocution equipment, knives, a de-hairing machine and piles of abandoned dog carcasses.

The close reflects a change in attitude towards eating dog meat in South Korea, with the practise now considered taboo by the younger generation who prefer dogs as pets.

The North and South islands of New Zealand are moving closer together after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the country in 2016, a new study by GNS science reveals.

Unsettled fault lines continue to shift the two land masses, with over 6 meters in distance and 8 meters in height now recorded.

The earthquake has been a game changer for the scientific community, being the first recorded to open 25 faultlines, and the effects are expected to continue for many years to come.

A new report by the Australian Food and Grocery Council has found a Australia's food and grocery manufacturing sector shed over 4,500 jobs in the 2016-17 financial year.

AFGC says the cost of energy, transport, labour and drought are putting pressure on food manufacturers in the domestic market.

AFGC chief executive officer Tanya Barden says there is a 10% reduction in capital investment, a sign the industry could face an even tougher result this year.

An Aboriginal-owned oyster farm business in the Goulburn Islands is growing 90,000 black lip oysters as well as jobs and a future for local youths.

The farm was developed by Warruwi elders nearly a decade ago who wanted to provide jobs and, in turn, make sure their young people had work on the island.

The Northern Territory government has assisted the farm by providing baby oyster spats. In addition, staff from Primary Industry and Resources are helping set up the farm.

Queensland’s Remote Kindergarten Program will be expanded among Queensland state schools over the next two years, as Education Minister Grace Grace announced today.

This year, a number of remote schools are prescribed to deliver a Remote Kindergarten Program, with 109 children currently participating across 30 schools.

A proposed zipline project at Mt Coot-tha, which promises to have community and economic benefits has come under fire from locals who have concerns about excessive noise, traffic, land clearing, and various environmental impacts.

India’s gay community celebrates its first legal pride march today after its Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in September.

The Section 37 law carried a sentence of 10 years in jail and was used to harass and intimidate the gay community since it was introduced in the colonial era.

Marchers say the fear factor is gone but predict it will take another generation to be free of social stigma.

The death toll is rising as Ugandan diving teams recover over 30 bodies from a capsized party boat in Lake Victoria, near Uganda's capital, Kampala.

Local authorities say the boat had been grounded for some time and was not in suitable condition to support the 90 passengers it threw overboard.

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, says those found responsible will be charged with criminal negligence and manslaughter.