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Cultural Heritage Administration to Deploy Drones for Safety Management

Cultural Heritage Administration to Deploy Drones for Safety Management

SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones with artificial intelligence (AI) video analysis technology will be deployed starting next year to fly over cultural heritage sites for monitoring and investigation. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced Thursday that it will draw up plans for video analysis drones to be used for safety management of cultural [...]

Glimpse into Royal Banquet Held 120 Years Ago

Glimpse into Royal Banquet Held 120 Years Ago

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Cultural Heritage Administration announced yesterday that it will be screening a video that features food dishes similar to those served during a western-style banquet hosted by the imperial family during the Great “Daehan” Korean Empire, the nation that followed the Joseon Dynasty while serving as a [...]

Endangered Stork Breeding Program Succeeds for 3rd Straight Year

Endangered Stork Breeding Program Succeeds for 3rd Straight Year

YESAN, South Korea, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A pair of storks that were released into the wild have hatched five chicks near a research center tasked with restoring the endangered bird in the country’s central region, marking the third consecutive year the bird has bred outside captivity in South Korea, the Yesan municipal government said Monday. A female stork named Gukhwang [...]

S. Korea’s UNESCO Heritage Application for Tidal Wetlands Rejected

S. Korea’s UNESCO Heritage Application for Tidal Wetlands Rejected

SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The UNESCO World Heritage Center has turned down South Korea’s application for its tidal wetlands to be listed as a World Heritage site, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Thursday. An official at the CHA said in a phone interview with Yonhap News Agency on Thursday that the center returned the application, citing a lack of information about management [...]

Two Royal Palaces to Open at Night, Free for Visitors in ‘Hanbok’

Two Royal Palaces to Open at Night, Free for Visitors in ‘Hanbok’

SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Any visitor wearing hanbok or Korean traditional attire will be admitted for free at two royal palaces in Seoul which will open to the public at night late this month, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Thursday. The administration said that the night viewing of Gyeongbok and Changgyeong palaces of the Joseon Dynasty [...]

Traditional Guard Ceremony at Sungnyemun to be Restarted in April

Traditional Guard Ceremony at Sungnyemun to be Restarted in April

SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) - The traditional guard ceremony at Sungnyemun will be resumed in April after being discontinued for eight years after a fire destroyed part of the wooden structure of the imposing historic gate, the Seoul city government said Sunday. The watch ceremony with the chief gate keeper, along with other guards dressed in Joseon [...]