Hodori
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Hodori was the official mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul
Seoul
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, South Korea
South Korea
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The stylized tiger was designed by Kim Hyun as an amicable Amur Tiger
Amur Tiger
The Siberian tiger , also known as the Amur tiger, is a tiger subspecies inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small subpopulation in southwest Primorye province in the Russian Far East. In 2005, there were 331–393 adult-subadult Amur tigers in this region, with a breeding adult...

, portraying the friendly and hospitable traditions of the Korean people
Korean people
The Korean people are an ethnic group originating in the Korean peninsula and Manchuria. Koreans are one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous groups in the world.-Names:...

, and the name Hodori was chosen from 2,295 suggestions sent in by the public.

"Ho" is derived from the Korean word for tiger ("horangi", Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

: 호랑이), and "dori" is a diminutive for boys in Korean.

There was also a female tiger named "Hosuni", but she was seldom used.

"Hodori" is also the name of the Korean Tae-Kwon-Do National Demonstration Team, which also uses the Hodori tiger as their symbol.

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