SAN ANTONIO, July 5, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) – The wait is finally over: The San Antonio Missions have officially been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was announced on July 5th at the annual UNESCO World Heritage committee meeting in Bonn, Germany. An elite list with just 22 existing U.S. landmarks included, the five [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean royal ancestral ritual music troupe will perform in Paris in the fall to help enhance European awareness of high-class Korean culture, organizers said Thursday. Jongmyo Jeryeak was designated to open a series of events celebrating the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and France on Sept. [...]
INCHEON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea Thursday committed millions of dollars to equip classrooms in three African countries with information technology. Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Irina Bokova, secretary-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), stating that South Korea would contribute US$6 million [...]
“Japan has brought the issue this far by going ahead with the registration despite our repeated calls to reconsider. The responsibility for politicizing UNESCO lies with Japan.” “This is in consideration of the many member nations that worry UNESCO may be politicized due to the dispute between South Korea and Japan and wish for a [...]
BUSAN, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A photo of the Busan International Film Festival’s opening ceremony was seen on the main page of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network Thursday. UNESCO attached the photo of the ceremony at the Busan Cinema Center, the iconic main venue of the annual film festival, in an article for providing information [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Yeoju will host the 2015 New York Festivals, which is one of the world’s most prestigious advertising awards. City mayor Won Kyeong-hei and Michael O’Rourke, president of International Awards LLC which operates the festival, held an agreement ceremony at the Seoul Press Center on March 23. Award [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean capital of Seoul is seeking to conduct joint research projects with North Korea on traditional Korean cultural sites, the city government said Tuesday. To that end, the city government said it has recently tapped the joint council of South and North Korean historians for research ideas [...]
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, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean National Commission of UNESCO (KNCU) has started a workshop to strengthen design and the capability of craftwork to figure in the sustainable development of Uzbekistan. The four-day workshop being held at the Craft Development Center in Margilan, Uzbekistan, from February 24 to 27 was planned to boost craftwork [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s wearable thermo-element technology, which can recharge batteries through skin contact, was selected as one of the top innovations of the year by UNESCO. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on January 29 that its “wearable thermoelectric device” was selected as one of the top ten IT [...]