Hankook Ilbo
The national flower of South Korea is the "Hibiscus syriacus", a species of hibiscus that blooms continually from July through October. In South Korea, it is known as "mugunghwa" (무궁화), meaning "eternal flower". The unofficial national animal is the tiger, for the peninsula seems like a tiger in a point of view. The unofficial national bird is the Korean magpie, which was chosen in 1964 through a poll organized by the "Hankook Ilbo".