It’s unknown what the first mascot in Korea was, but one of the earliest famed mascots is Hodori, the orange tiger that represented the Summer Olympic Games in 1988 held in Korea. The tiger is ...

An Asiatic black bear named “Bandabi” and a white tiger named “Soohorang” were selected to represent the Paralympic and Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. Both animals appear in South Korea’s ...

The tiger frequently appears in Korean popular art and legends, and is often associated with humour, bravery and nobility. Hoduri, the tiger mascot, wears the sangmo — a traditional Korean hat ...

The tiger, the mascot for the Seoul Summer Games, was named "Hodori." The animal frequently appears in Korean popular art and legends. Magique was the first mascot that was not an animal since 1976.