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Gyeonggi Province Aims to Turn Namhansanseong into Major Tourist Attraction by 2022

SUWON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced yesterday that it was planning to allocate 19.63 billion won to be used to transform Namhansanseong Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a major tourist attraction by 2022. The province is expected to hold a yearly “cultural festival” in October starting next year, and will [...]

Namhansanseong Fortress Named UNESCO World Heritage

SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to enlist Korea’s Namhansanseong, or literally meaning “South Han Mountain Fortress,” as a World Heritage site. The Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea announced on June 22 that the World Heritage Committee decided to give the World Heritage status to the South Korean mountain [...]