Last month, a criminal came down in the middle of Gangnam, Seoul.
The true identity of this tiger is the tiger media art displayed on the giant electronic display.
The black tiger media art, produced to mark the year of Lim in 2022, attracted many people's attention with the vividness of a real tiger descending.
In addition, tigers commemorating the 2022 Year of the Black Tiger can be seen everywhere, including special exhibitions on tigers.
Although the tiger is not designated as the national symbol of the country, the tiger has appeared along with the bear in the Dangun mythology for a long time, and has established itself as a symbol of our nation.
Like Hodori at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and Suhorang at the Pyeongchang Olympics, they were designated and used as Olympic mascots.
The tiger, familiar to us, is the representative animal of our nation.
However, it is reported that the currently native Korean tiger, that is, the Siberian tiger, lives only in the Russian Far East and northeast China.
During the Japanese colonial era, overfishing of tigers to undermine the spirit of the nation and destruction of habitats due to industrialization made it impossible for tigers to thrive.
The tiger has been designated as an endangered first-class animal.
What should be done to conserve endangered tigers?
In order to preserve the pure Siberian tiger population, private organizations are continuing research and conservation activities.
However, research and conservation activities at the government level are insignificant.
Experts point out that government-level conservation and support policies are needed, such as the United States and China, which create and implement symbolic animal protection policies.
This week, SBS <News Story> aims to highlight the reality of the endangered Korean tiger along with the industrial use and value of the Korean representative tiger, in the year of the year of the tiger, Lim In-nyeon, in 2022.