Korea's first baby panda

A Chinese giant panda at South Korea's Everland amusement park has given birth to a cub, the zoo said yesterday, the first baby panda born in the country and a rare event for an endangered species.

Female panda Ai Bao mated with male panda Le Bao in late March and gave birth to a healthy cub on Monday night, the zoo in Yongin city said.

The cub was confirmed to be a female measuring 16.5 centimeters and weighing 197 grams, the zoo said.

The zoo made a special shelter for the baby panda, who will make her public debut in about five or six months' time, once she can walk and eat bamboo.