South Koreans ring in 2022 with quintuplet tiger cubs
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2022 will also see the start of the Year of the Tiger, according to the Korean zodiac, adding significance for visitors.
"I feel very good now as I saw good-looking Korean tigers. I will have a child next year, in the Year of the Tiger. I hope that next year will be a prosperous and happy year for all," said visitor Lim Bo-ram, after watching tiger cubs playing in the snow-covered enclosure with her husband.
The quintuplets, whose combined names of Areum, Da-un, Uri, Nara, and Gangsan mean 'beautiful landscape of our country', were born on June 27, 2021. It was a rare event as tigers usually only give birth to a litter of two or three, according to the zoo located within the Everland amusement park in Yongin.