SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The documentation that chronicles the process of green development in post-war South Korea’s ruins is set to be submitted for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. The Korean National Commission for UNESCO on Thursday designated the government’s official reforestation records as the next submission candidate for the [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s archival records related to two of the nation’s historic grassroots revolutions, which are seen to have contributed to the democratization of Korea, were added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register on Thursday, officials said. UNESCO approved the inscription of the archives of the April 19 Revolution, [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gaya Tumuli, seven tomb clusters from Korea’s ancient Gaya confederacy, has been recommend for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list by an international advisory body, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Thursday. The Gaya Tumuli was recommended for inscription during a meeting of the International Council on [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Growing concerns are being raised over the Japanese government’s apparent “regression in historical awareness.” This issue was highlighted once again with the approval of elementary school textbooks that contain deteriorated descriptions of forced labor and Dokdo, which may pose a significant obstacle to future Korea-Japan relations. Another issue that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The traditional Korean mask dance, or “talchum” in Korean, was inscribed onto a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list Wednesday. UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage decided to put “Talchum, Mask Dance Drama in the Republic of Korea” on the Representative List of the Intangible [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean ancient history book, traditional women’s poetry and records of a massive oil spill have been added to the regional list of the UNESCO Memory of the World program. The Cultural Heritage Administration said “Samguk-yusa” (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) and two other candidates from the country [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The traditional Korean mask dance, or “talchum” in Korean, is almost certain to be added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. According to the homepage of UNESCO on Tuesday, “Talchum, Mask Dance Drama in the Republic of Korea” was recommended for inscription on the list by a subpanel of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The southwestern provincial county of Wando was designated Wednesday as a UNESCO biosphere reserve, the environment ministry said. The designation was decided during an International Coordinating Council session of the 33th UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program currently under way in Nigeria via virtual links, the ministry said in [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tidal flats have been officially inscribed as a UNESCO world natural heritage despite receiving a deferral in a preliminary review, cultural heritage authorities said Monday. Seoul made a push to register “getbol,” or “Korean tidal flats,” on UNESCO’s world heritage list in the 44th session of the [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A UNESCO committee on Thursday called for Japan to keep its promise to honor forced labor victims at an information center on industrial revolution sites registered on the World Heritage list. In a virtual session, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) adopted a resolution stating Japan’s failure to provide sufficient [...]