Tag: otters

Picture of the Day: Korea’s Otter Medal

| March 16, 2019
Bronze medal to celebrate designation of natural monument
Bronze medal to celebrate designation of natural monumentThis photo, released by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage on March 14, 2019, shows the front and back of a bronze medal that has been issued in cooperation with the state-run Korea Minting to celebrate the designation of the otter, an endangered animal, as the country’s Natural Monument No. 330. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korean Otter Weathers Frigid Temperatures

| January 18, 2017

Endangered animal in cold spell

An otter walks on the frozen Eomcheon River in Hamyang, a town in South Korea’s southeastern province of South Gyeongsang, on Jan. 16, 2017, in this photo released by the Hamyang municipality. The otter, an endangered animal, is designated as the country’s Natural Monument No. 330. (Yonhap)