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Localization Sets UNESCO-listed Korean Neo-Confucian Academies Apart from Chinese Originals

Localization Sets UNESCO-listed Korean Neo-Confucian Academies Apart from Chinese Originals

SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Succeeding in a second attempt to make it on the UNESCO World Heritage List, a group of nine historic South Korean new-Confucian institutes were inscribed on the list last week, proving their value as distinctive from those in China, the country of neo-Confucianism’s origin. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee confirmed [...]

Korean Seowon Historic Sites Preserved with 3D Data

Korean Seowon Historic Sites Preserved with 3D Data

SEOUL, Nov.30 (Korea Bizwire) – Riot Games, famous for developing and distributing the online game ‘League of Legends’ (L.O.L) announced that it is digitally recording ‘Seowon’, the traditional Korean lecture halls that also served as memorial halls for Confucianist services to honor distinguished scholars and statesmen, in 3D. The project is one of the endeavors [...]