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Stork has been extinct in Korea for more than 50 years. So, artificial breeding was done, and it was confirmed that a pair of storks born like this recently made nests and bear eggs.

This is Lee Yong-sik.

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is a 50-meter-high transmission tower built on the Taean farmland in Chungnam. A pair of storks have recently nested on top of this pylon.

They made a nest by biting the branches without rest.

A couple of storks mated about a month ago laid eggs in a pylon nest earlier this month.

It looks like at least four, but it is expected that in about a week the chicks will break the eggs.

A pair of storks nesting in the transmission tower here are individuals living in the wild radiated from nature in the Chungnam budget.

Males were released five years ago, and females were released into the wild last year.

Storks born by artificial breeding have been breeding mainly in artificial nesting towers in the budget of Chungnam Province.

[Kim Soo-young / Senior Researcher, Budget Stork Park: I think it is very unusual and meaningful. We are working with KEPCO to help storks safely end their breeding.]

Stork, a natural monument, is an animal that has been designated as an endangered species in the early 1970s by hiding its traces in Korea.

Artificial breeding from overseas species first started wild spinning in 2015, and now more than 60 live in nature.

The breeding by nesting in a general structure rather than an artificial nest tower is considered to be a significant achievement in the restoration of storks.

(Video coverage: Kang Yun-gu, screen provided by Park Kun-seok, Budget Stork Park)