history

The Korean tiger, an animal under special international protection, is brave and has a fiery temper.

A tigress breeds every two or three years, giving birth to two or three cubs in a litter.

The zone where the tiger is active covers the Great Paektu Mountains, including Mt Pukphothae, Mt Namphothae and Paeksa Peak, and the high mountainous area of the Paektu Plateau over 1 200 metres above sea level. The forests of the zone consist mainly of boreal needle-leaf trees including Abies nephrolepis, spruce, Korea larch and pine-nut trees and broadleaf trees such as white birch, aspen and Mongolian oak grow with needle-leaf trees in some areas of the forests.

The zone is populated by many other animals such as deer, goral, musk deer and sable.