SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A list of hundreds of foreigners, including American author and activist Helen Keller, presumed to have purchased Korean cultural assets from an antique shop in Seoul from the 1930s to the 1950s was unveiled Monday. The customer list is expected to be of great help to future research of [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A substantial number of South Korea’s wooden cultural assets were damaged by termites, a study showed Tuesday. A joint research team from the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and the Korea National University of Cultural Heritage conducted a comparative analysis of the results of a study into the [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cultural Heritage Administration is opening an online exhibition hall where visitors can gain access to real-like content about tangible and intangible cultural assets as well as natural assets. The administration is joining hands with the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation to open up the exhibition hall on Thursday, created [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition will be held to provide the chance for visitors to enjoy Korean cultural assets held overseas in augmented reality (AR) format. The Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation will host the ‘exhibition without artworks’ at the National Intangible Heritage Training Center in Seoul from Aug. 20-31. This exhibition will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A pair of ice skates worn by South Korean figure skating legend Yuna Kim will soon become a “cultural asset” officially designated by the Cultural Heritage Administration. The skates were worn by Kim during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, where she won the gold medal with a world record [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced that next year’s plan for its ‘Vivid Cultural Heritage’ program has been confirmed. The program uses the meaning and value of cultural assets as cultural content, to allow citizens to experience heritage vividly. The CHA selected 88 businesses among 197 applications that were submitted [...]
Seoul, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) - A meaningful exhibit covering different aspects of Silla culture is opening in Gyeongju, the historical capital of the dynasty. To celebrate its 70th anniversary, the Gyeongju National Museum will display 600 Silla cultural assets, including the 30 pieces that are state-designated cultural properties. The exhibit titled ‘The Golden Culture and Buddhist [...]
Seoul, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Visitors numbers at ancient cultural sites have decreased due to Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). According to statistics published by the Cultural Heritage Administration, the number of people who visited cultural sites in June was about 4.1 million, a 51.2% decrease compared to the same period last year. This is the lowest [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s law on intangible cultural assets has been modified in order to allow for a more flexible process of inheritance and the proliferation of cultural legacy, which can be in accord with UNESCO’s standard on intangible cultural assets. The Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea (CHA) said on March 4 that the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A technology to realize Korean cultural properties in virtual space has been developed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. With floor plans of cultural asset buildings and three dimensional scan data, the ministry digitalized the traditional building materials of the properties. Considering the fact that existing technology [...]