Article forgets: tiger symbolism is prominent in Chinese culture, which deeply influences all the others that developed alongside it.

The Tiger is one of the symbols in the Chinese Zodiac. 1/12 of the people are born in a year of the Tiger.

"In Buddhism, the tiger is one of the Three Senseless Creatures, symbolising anger, with the monkey representing greed and the deer lovesickness." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_tigers#...]

The shape of Korea always reminded me of a rabbit.