SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A Siberian tiger that passed away from natural causes at Seoul Grand Park has returned as a taxidermied specimen. Gangsan, a female Siberian tiger that was born at Seoul Grand Park in 2005, passed away at the age of 15 in 2019. The tiger went through a six-month taxidermy [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac begins, the retail industry is promoting a variety of products using tiger characters. Shinsegae Department Store showed off a variety of products with tiger designs for babies, toddlers and children. The retailer teamed up with premium children’s clothing brand [...]
BONGHWA, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of Restore Cultural Assets (RCA) have donated 10,000 origami tigers to the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum in Bonghwa-gun, North Gyeongsang Province in a gesture aimed at bringing back Siberian tigers from North Korea. RCA is a civil group seeking to restore South Korea’s cultural assets. They have brought back [...]
BONGHWA, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitors to the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum will soon be able to come face to face with Siberian tigers roaming wild in the 4.8-hectare forest, equivalent in size to seven football fields. The arboretum celebrated its opening yesterday with a ceremony attended by over 1,000 people including arboretum officials and [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A zoo in South Korea is under fire after reports that a tigress ate her own cub soon after giving birth due to negligence and stress. According to officials at Gwangju Uchi Park, a 9-year-old female Bengal tiger named Love gave birth to a cub in her den last Thursday, [...]