South Koreans bid farewell to panda Fu Bao

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A South Korean zoo has thrown a farewell party for Fu Bao, the first giant panda born in the country. The four-year-old cub is scheduled to be sent back to China in April 2024 and must go into isolation for a one-month, pre-trip quarantine.
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[@Peizxcv]

The power of cuteness is really powerful especially in these uncertain times. Pandas are so calm and cute

[@haniahannslew4108]

And pandas are smart too.

[@AirInJuneSunnyK]

no that wild China propaganda is despised and funking off

[@krs8384]

Literally crying right now. I watch fubao grew up with Mr. kang. It's really sad that he treated her like his own granddaughter and from now on they'll be apart

[@Ping-cg6qi]

Mr. Kang is still with her in quarantine period, and will accompany her to China and stay there for a month or so.

[@krs8384]

@@Ping-cg6qi that's a great news ❤️ i'm so relieved

[@chikusumi6724]

But why sent it to china

[@AndreaFiloteo]

​@@chikusumi6724 accdg to an agreement when CHN sent Fu Bao's parents to SOKOR (from a loan program), their panda babies must be returned to CHN before turning 4 years old

[@richardhanley4279]

​@@krs8384 agree ❤

[@karlacervantes5454]

Fubao will always be my favourite panda. We will miss you our dear princess. My tears are falling down from thinking i wont see her on KZbin anymore. 😢😭

[@Ping-cg6qi]

You can see Xiang Xiang a lot, videos updated daily in KZbin. You will also see Fubao.

[@aniciawong7784]

My heart is extremely heavy when I think of Fubao not able to be with her wonderful family at Panda World, her beautiful parents, wonder twin siblings, her caring Kangbao, Songbao, Ohbao, her many loyal fans on Pudding channel and her favourite playground. Furincess is forever my No.1 bias panda baby! 🥺😥😢😭❤️🐼💯🥇

[@yylRei]

Feels like princess Fubao is getting married to a faraway land. Wishing dear Fubao well and healthy ❤

[@yufeng8579]

not faraway land. She is going back home. stop nonsense drama lol 😢

[@jellyrolly]

How is it home when she was not born in Chins? It’s her motherland, sure. Home? Not until she gets used to her surroundings in China.

[@Bk6346]

@@jellyrollyShe going back to China for a husband. If she stays in Korea she will end up a leftover Panda.

[@yufeng8579]

where is the bamboo then? Where the parents from? @@jellyrolly

[@Paul.TheEpicTube]

For those who are curious to know what happens? "There’s an understanding that panda cubs born abroad would have to be returned to China before their fourth birthdays"

[@equal5505]

no one care because almost entire world hate china

[@risingstar9903]

@@equal5505 Geez! Who hurt you?

[@haniahannslew4108]

Yes. Because they need to find a mate. Because four year old pandas ready for mating. The pandas get agitated at that age. Last time I watched a video of Fubao got agitated, and grandpa Kang (Korean zookeeper) explained Fubao’s behaviour.

[@user-hc9oi2fc1m]

四岁都是大龄剩女了，必须的的，嫁出去了😂

[@MultistanKpop02]

Fubao, we'll miss you🤧♥️ Stay safe and i wish your new journey would be filled with happiness💗

[@wumeizi]

푸바오❤ 넌 영원히 우리의 아기판다야~ 언제나 어디서든 행복해야 해~~ 사랑해❤

[@user-cu6df5fh6y]

같이 지내지도 않는데 꼭 푸바오가 꼭 가족 같아요 🐶❤️ #푸바오 #가족애

[@hyosook]

많은 분들이 우리 푸에게 관심과 사랑을 주시니 그것이 참 감사합니다!...ㅠ.ㅠ

[@dltmdwnfkdldjs]

There were other pandas before but pubao was specially loved❤

[@MsLilac88]

Fu Bao is so adorable & precious, I always love pandas. 😊

[@gold378]

울 애깅 푸바옹 푸애깅 푸공주 ㅜㅜ

[@irishlass2013]

Just a blink of an eye our gongju Furincess is almost four. Time to return to China. Wishing Fubao a safe journey, eat well and be happy always! Hope to see you in China one day. Love you Fubao!🥹🥹🥹🥲🥲🥲❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤

[@argan_tara828]

This is so heartwarming to watch.

[@hlee2053]

Goodbye Fu bao ❤️we love you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534]

♥ Excellent story ♥♥♥ Thank you for covering this important event. Many can empathize with the impact he's had on the sport.

[@hollyxu5785]

I hope Fubao will grow up happily in China. Additionally, we hope that tourists will stop throwing things and making noise at will, providing all pandas with a quiet environment.❤

[@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534]

♥ Excellent story ♥♥♥ Thank you for covering this important event. Our hearts go out to the families affected by recent events.

[@cherryli5097]

Fu bao is adorable bear ❤

[@lynlim6704]

I hope china will also let us c fubao daily life video once she is there....pls don't let her live in the wilderness....my fubao is ao precious..she suppose to b pamper n love...i can't imagine how my cutie adapt in the jugle..😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Hongsebaoshi]

You can come to Chengdu, it's just 5 hours from South Korea I believe

[@MalvinaMM92]

It appears that Fubao will have a more favorable living environment in China compared to South Korea, as the latter is a country with limited resources where caretakers are forced to steal food from pandas.🤣👉🤡

[@AlbinoPeafowl]

Sad. But wholesome.

[@hyunac9068]

Koreans treated FuBao like a princess ❤️ she’ll forever be our baby panda

[@huajie666liu8]

Just like xiangxiang, fubao has to return. But her story with Korea will always be kept in people's and her hearts. It is sad she has to leave the place where she was born and raised. But think from another perspective, Korea used social media to draw the unparalleled attention on pandas, which really makes us focus on fubao. But every year pandas return to China, which in some way makes us less focus on their stories due to less exposure on social media. Fubao is a special symbol of the influence of social media, and her role in it makes us sympathize more. She will be taken care of in Sichuan, but she needs time to adapt. But she can do it in the end. One thing about domesticated pandas is that they will think where they live is all their world, much like the cavemen back then. But just like xiangxiang, fubao will see a much bigger world when she returns. Her angle will be widely opened, and her mind can expand. Hope she will smile when if she can retrace back the time in Korea. Jiang and Song will send their daughter away that day that was raised up by them. A mixed feeling is waiting for them. Bitter and sweet.

[@ABC1701A]

A group of pandas from Japan recently returned to China as well - the children because they were 4 years old and the parents because they are now retiring after having 13 (I think) offspring. Groups of fans from Japan visit China every month to see them in Cheng Du - think that's where they retired to - and I've no doubt fans from Korea will do the same. Hopefully we'll see her new husband and follow her as she raises her own family.

[@ladolcevita920]

사랑하는 푸바오 건강하자 다시 만나♥️

[@dr.yunikim]

The first born Panda baby ever in S. Korea, FuBao!! Wish you the very best in China as well!! We will continue to watch over you!😍😍😍😍😍

[@pch-hl4yv]

Fu bao, I am so sad that you have to go to China. I don't want you to go, but I think it makes me even sadder that you have to go. I hope you stay happy like now even if you go to other countries. You are our baby panda forever.

[@chenpeter175]

Fubao is only returning home, China is fubao home , not Korean

[@steven2122]

It back to when originally from and born And is not belong to you it belongs to China Trying to steal it?

[@afra__az]

it's so heartwarming

[@vangwizard]

I hope she is cared for with lots of love.

[@titikparwati1227]

Panda bring love to the whole world ❤❤❤

[@user-rq2qs8oi3q]

행복이 푸바오 사랑해❤

[@user-ch4fh1fm3h]

한국의 아기판다 푸바오❤ 언제나 건강하고 행복해야해❤ 널 응원해❤ 사랑해❤

[@sunmanyi3265]

This remarkable terrain right in the center of China is the only place in the world well suited enough for the giant panda to survive in the wild. In addition, pandas and China have a similar past in terms of qualities and adaptability.

[@MultiverseRaidenWarriors]

Your point?

[@sunmanyi3265]

​@@MultiverseRaidenWarriors What do you think, smarty pants?

[@sdqsdq6274]

if its that remarkable , then it wont would go extinct list years back , lol , china have to thank the world for their rental money to make them worth saving

[@equal5505]

quality?? since when china care about quality?

[@MultiverseRaidenWarriors]

@@sunmanyi3265 🇹🇼

[@coconutblanc2192]

Wish FuBao the very best!!

[@user-ur5fz3zb4v]

사랑해줘서 고맙고 계속 사랑해주고 기억해줘요~~~ 경기도 용인시에 이렇게 멋진 판다가 있었다고

[@aizhongwen]

Cute panda 😁

[@yurimchoi4671]

영원한 우리의 아기판다 푸바오 사랑해 ❤

[@BurnerAddress95]

Crying over a panda. I swear, South Koreans are a people after my own heart! MY kinda people!

[@Kri_ssy_]

Our FOREVER baby panda 🐼💖 We always hope you’re happy in China :)

[@user-zs4ww1qx2z]

We are giving you our happiness, so please give love to Fubao😂

[@albback8176]

I heard Fu Bao has a twin named Fu Ding. Rumor has it that he is operating a teahouse in Chengdu.

[@randomreal3228]

Fearing the panda would be addicted to kdrama and kpop

[@monicatan16]

Bye bye 👋🏻👋🏻 our little joy, continue to grow healthy and strong 🙏🏻

[@user-we4sp1lj3u]

Please help my Fu Bao.. ㅜㅜ My lovely child has suffered something unimaginable.. I believe that unethical behavior should not be done to living things in this world, be they humans, animals, or plants.. Please sign and join us.. ㅜㅜ Please help us.. #saveFubao

[@user-wh9iu8lm6j]

뺏어가지마 어엉😂😂😂

[@RayMak]

Goodbye panda

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Just out of curiosity, I wonder what happens if all countries renting Pandas from China decides to not give up their young cubs and keeps them.

[@Me-hg2rg]

That’s theft and China will have the right to take it back

[@CrystalWong]

They will still have to pay China a yearly fee and shipment of bamboo lol

[@sdqsdq6274]

world war 3

[@yacobs2172]

Perhaps, the Chinese panda authorities will feel helped because the panda population has apparently improved, but if pandas are not cared properly then panda borrowers will look careless and imbecile to the Chinese panda authorities and panda lovers worldwide.

[@NyoungLover]

They cannot, Panda have special bamboo diet that only grow in China, and they import it from there.

[@seokjin3000]

I'm eventually going to Chengdu to visit her

[@monkeyguy80]

Singapore ones already sent over! 😐🤷🏻‍♂️🐼

[@ABC1701A]

LeLe will be returning, mum and dad are staying in Singapore. However a group of pandas from Japan returned to China to a well deserved retirement (after having 13 offspring) but there are still the youngest ones in Japan. Meanwhile groups of their fans travel once a month to China to visit mum and dad.

[@jinchae9019]

don't worry fubo and boy friend will be coming back to korea!!

[@joopark6132]

Save Fubao 😢

[@florencechan1184]

Can’t wait to watch upcoming Kung fu panda movie

[@ernigunawan3333]

Fu Bao is very spoiled by Grandpa Kang .. 😀

[@mely4]

😢i am sad my favorites panda is fubao and hua hua

[@oooo-pollloooo]

우리의 행복을 보내드리니 부디 사랑으로 키워주세요 .. 我将我们的幸福送给您，请用爱来培育它。

[@judyjean4647]

fubaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@paravak9393]

❤❤❤

[@user-ds2qx6lc5z]

🏵️🌼💮🌸🌺 вы сделали ФУНКЦИЮ ПЕРЕВОД СУБТИТРОВ на английский язык. И посмотрите, сколько просмотров видео и сколько комментариев! А если бы сделали ФУНКЦИЮ АВТОМАТИЧЕСКИЙ ПЕРЕВОД СУБТИТРОВ на разные языки мира, просмотров было бы ещё БОЛЬШЕ!!! Принцессу ФуБао любят по всему миру!!!🥰🥰🥰

[@banealsmanana3672]

빨리가 마음아프게 하지말고 이자식아

[@TrapGod_JackofAllTrades]

Pandas are the new white elephant. Hard to take care of, and really don't do much except eat.

[@Greentea23709]

#save Fubao #protect Fubao

[@matkilau1320]

Xi: kid, my panda came back from south korea. Kim: uncle xi, can i play fireworks? Putin: if not enough, dont forget you got uncle putin.

[@nunzio6295]

Ciao fu bai se stava io all posto dell custude mi veniva quqlcosa io cura una colonia felina

[@fantasy1714]

What will happen after she returns i know she will find a mate but what else is she gonna be in another zoo or in a wild

[@weingkham4033]

She will be in zoo....because china spending so much money in protecting this pandas

[@Sakura-ko9gh]

Just want to let you know all know that panda is not Chinese animal, it was from Tibet , Tibetan national animal, but since they have captured the Tibet , they r acting like panda is there own animal but it was not thank you

[@user-up5bq7iy4c]

你不看看自己在说什么？

[@oooo-pollloooo]

푸바오는 한국에서 태어나고 자란 우리 한국의 아가 판다입니다 중국으로 돌아간것도 아니고 중국판다가 아닙니다 这只宝宝是在韩国出生的韩国熊猫。我们养育并热爱着它。中国只是把我们韩国的宝宝带走了。

[@user-cp3ls4ud5o]

Every panda are chiness not Koreans it’s the law respect it

[@oooo-pollloooo]

@@user-cp3ls4ud5o "Do you not feel guilty for insisting that everything is yours? Our Fubao was born in Korea and considers Korea his hometown. Don't deny it."

[@ergatevidina6024]

Korean 🤣

[@MalvinaMM92]

Nobody cares what you think,tiny Korean~~~~~~~~🤪🤪🤪

[@demimosafleur6003]

在韩国长大，请不要因为中文生疏而大喊大叫。 请不要扔竹笋之类的食物 整块苹果吃起来有点别扭，麻烦您也帮我切一下吧。 求求你用爱来照顾我吧

[@MalvinaMM92]

Panda is Beast. Don't treat it like a human baby.

[@urblack7954]

Hi

[@tonnigillis266]

😢😢😢

[@bettydotson7031]

She belongs to South Korea, not China.😢

[@rosedream8702]

Not according to the contract willingly signed by the Korean side themselves.

[@pixdifficilis]

it's really not. It's something called Panda Diplomacy. The Pandas' natural habitat is in Sichuan, China. So for certain reasons, especially breeding, if it's not done in its natural habitat, there will be several issues. Ik there are several sentiments connected to the caretakers and the animal itself, the Act is necessary for the safety, preservation and protection of the animal.

[@jeancm.14]

🥹🥹❤️

[@adityagawhale]

All Pandas look the same, how do they differentiate ?

[@albback8176]

Just look at the names. The asian panda is Fu Bao. The black panda is Yo Yo Man. Easy. 😅

[@adityagawhale]

@@albback8176 I don’t think pandas roam around with a name tag

[@haniahannslew4108]

@@adityagawhale It’s hard but I guess the zookeeper would find a way to tell the difference.

[@Ping-cg6qi]

They are not the same in the eyes of Panda fans. They can tell apart easily.

[@gold378]

우리 푸바오 푸애기가 진짜 이쁘긴함

[@fgm1197]

"Their" panda's are the only animals the Chinese care about....

[@misterbig9025]

How come there is no panda in Indian zoo?

[@liuminggee5670]

indo loves cows but not panda.

[@ryuno2097]

maybe india doesn't want to pay the high amount of rent to China for the pandas. Plus if they get pregnant and have a baby , the country has to pay China for the fee of the baby.

[@NoName-yo1qt]

I think you mispelled pakistan😅​@IndianStreetShittersPajeet

[@equal5505]

​@IndianStreetShittersPajeetand china eat everything including bat,rat,frog and gutter oil

[@hengongchua6250]

Pandas needed clean environment to survive. Pandas cannot survive where people just defecate anywhere in the open.

[@mem5567]

Sk should tell china we want to keep fubao she is tooooo important for sk to let go. Go and get other pandas not our fu bear 😤 😢

[@ynnos5555]

All Pandas are only on loan. China can take all of it back as per contract.

[@albback8176]

Why not let fu bao socialize with other pandas?

[@mem5567]

@ynnos5555 ok, so they have lots of pandas now leave fu bear in sk. She is well taken care of sk.

[@mem5567]

@@albback8176 💯 %

[@ynnos5555]

@@mem5567 then that would be breach of contract. A dishonarable and illegal move.

[@beaumoon8581]

판다들은 안타깝게도 중국공산당의 체제선전도구 였을 뿐이다. 고향으로 돌려 보내주고 관심끄는 것이 판다들에게 이로울 것이다.

[@Mossbeehave]

Pandas should run the Chinese government!!!

[@spyknife]

I was hoping to see the panda drink coca cola

[@Ping-cg6qi]

Please don' t. That hurts them.

[@jackyjackson604]

People may not like what I said, but the way the Koreans treat it so well like a human baby with so much emotional attachment is not necessarily best for the panda. As the last guy said, it's still an independent animal. It's not a cute pet.

[@haniahannslew4108]

Agree. Fubao gets a little spoiled and hard to survive in the wilderness. What I have noticed that Although pandas in China don’t get pampered like Fubao in Korea , they are tougher and trained to survive in wilderness. China trains pandas to survive on their own in the wilderness. Eventually pandas need to go back to live in forests that are their true natural living environments.

[@haniahannslew4108]

@@user_860jwku7 That is not true. There are many animals not cute but are endangered species. So people have to protect them and raise them .

[@hobi11able]

💧💧

[@ToiChutGongFlu]

People ask me why we don't eat Pandas? I also wonder why not?

[@wynn3077]

Well they only stopped cannibalism in the seventies after the Guangxi massacre barbecues.

[@btsismyoxyjin6577]

Why will you eat??

[@alextran7680]

LOL ... they don't want panda. They want to see Pooh Bear of Beijing in their zoo cage.

[@haniahannslew4108]

Grow up. We know vietnam would never have pandas like Korea.

[@alextran7680]

@@haniahannslew4108, I love panda, but Pooh Bear and Piglet of Beijing look better in cages.

[@jm3565]

@@alextran7680 when is that going to happen? in your dreams?

[@equilibrum999]

totaj widats yak Nanhan musi oddats xiongmao Fu Bao do kraju ojczyzny, do Zhongguo.

[@hyeonsseungsseungi]

0:11 섹시하다

[@huangmaobaimao]

这熊猫在中国被虐待了？

[@hengongchua6250]

S. Korean President can sing more American Pie songs and he may get American bear from his Master Biden to replace China Pandas.

[@loelds4817]

wuhan virus bat soup eaters. lucky you don’t eat pandas. 😂

[@seoahlee6240]

푸바오를 구해주세요. 중국에선 우리 푸바오에게 현재 무슨짓들을 하고 있는건가요??? 너무 불쌍해요 ㅠㅠㅠ 목줄,입마개, 신경안정제 등을 이용하여 푸바오에게 접객행위를 시키고 오늘 올라온 영상 속 푸바오는 간식을 먹기위해 입을 벌릴때 목에 경련들이 있습니다. 전기충격기에 의한 후유증같은데 당신들이 사람인가요 ? 당신들이 말하는 워싱턴조약 위반아닌가요?? 돈받고 접객행위, 목줄, 전기충격기, 모두 불법이라고 !!!! 워싱턴조약 야생동물법 위반이라고!!!!!!!! 얼마나 개망신을 당해봐야해?? 우리가 가만히 있을꺼 같어??? 우리는 절대 푸바오를 저렇게 두지 않을꺼야!! 우리는 끝까지 푸바오의 행복과 안전을 위해 싸울꺼야

[@leowong-wg6dw]

韩国人你们发什么神经病？跟疯子一样😅，大熊猫是我们中国国宝，爱护还来不及，谁会闲的去虐待它？

[@MalvinaMM92]

Do you have a mental illness?

[@equal5505]

please don't let the innocent panda return to the ccp

[@denniswen8483]

Cope

[@raidenshougun9663]

I think they would feel better in their home country

[@syysyy3526]

Yes I’m exactly waiting for comments like this! Pirate thinkingNeeeeeeeever let me down

[@equal5505]

@@syysyy3526 Entire world hate the notoriously unethical chinese communist party ccp

[@pixdifficilis]

Silly goose. Nothing Political here It's something called Panda Diplomacy. The Pandas' natural habitat is in Sichuan, China. So for certain reasons, especially breeding, if it's not done in its natural habitat, there will be several issues. Ik there are several sentiments connected to the caretakers and the animal itself, the Act is necessary for the safety, preservation and protection of the animal.

[@user-iy2ps7pg1h]

How were the Chinese able to convince the whole world that pandas are some special animals and forced countries to pay millions of dollars to rent them? After all, these are the most ordinary and rather boring animals. Why does it matter to Koreans that they have a Chinese panda in their zoo?

[@champagne-problems]

listen to what the people in the video say

[@user-iy2ps7pg1h]

@@champagne-problems I saw pandas in the Chengdu Nature Reserve. Other animals are no worse. I am amazed at the trading abilities of the Chinese.

[@jm3565]

@@user-iy2ps7pg1h if only china was trying to convince other countries to take pandas and not the other way around where zoos all around the world beg for the chance to be considered to rent a panda...

[@jm3565]

@@user-iy2ps7pg1h why don't you ask the zoos why? does it have something to do with the fact that people like pandas and not other animals like siberian tigers and would pay more to go see a panda than any other animal, as such zoos would get a lot more traffic and income if they have a panda vice just any other animal? according to you all animals are exactly the same and have the same level of popularity

[@user-iy2ps7pg1h]

@@jm3565 In a way, this is reminiscent of the irrational feeling of K-pop fans. Fans follow their idols and praise them, although the idols themselves do not care about the fans. And the panda doesn't care about you either. This is business.

[@BBme]

SK doesnt deserve a cute animal when SK is caged in US.

[@sdqsdq6274]

when i go zoo ,i dont even bother to see the pandas , its about time every country return it to them , lol

[@DW-op7ly]

When you go to the zoo the ticket prices will entail the Pandas being there. So you are paying not to go see them

[@AleDuke-fd5qz]

never send any Pandas to America

[@pan2aja]

Maybe Korean shouldn't have keep mentioning about ww2 comfort women. Ooh.. wait that was fellow American puppets Japanese sins

[@Hkchinese888]

They'd moved on, unlike chyna ppl like to talk about nanking 🤣🤣🤣

[@loelds4817]

At least koreans know how to use a toilet.

[@jetli740]

@@loelds4817 but india have the largest open air toilet in the world it call "India"

[@pan2aja]

@@loelds4817 no wonder they have weak immune system

[@gold378]

본인 나라에서 위안부 사건이 일어나도 조용하라고 말할수 있는가 ?

[@user-dl2yr3sw3j]

Oh our baby panda Fubao is being abused by Chinese keepers. Please save Fubao from them

[@user-dl2yr3sw3j]

It's 21st century and it's so sad to see China doesn't seem to understand CITES is not the right way of diplomacy. Money is important of course

[@yta8888]

I wonder China would do the same to those China citizen who give birth outside of China.

[@sunmanyi3265]

What a dunderhead comment.

[@equal5505]

yeah they better take back all chinese born outside of china

[@sunmanyi3265]

​@@equal5505dunderhead reply for a dunderhead!😅

[@DW-op7ly]

China does not recognize the passport of the country you ran away to

[@permatasariminyoongi3692]

🥹😭

[@hobi11able]

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