SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential office on Wednesday welcomed a decision to name South Korea as host of the 48th annual session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee next year, calling it a “historic moment” for the country. During the committee’s ongoing meeting at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, South Korea was [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Tripitaka Koreana, the most complete collection of Buddhist scriptures carved on around 80,000 wooden printing blocks made in the 13th century, has been preserved at a depository named Janggyeong Panjeon at Haein Temple in the southeastern county of Hapcheon in South Korea. The storage hall, solely designed and built [...]
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, 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, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tidal flats were recently deferred in a preliminary review of potential assets that could be listed as UNESCO World Heritage, cultural heritage authorities said Wednesday. Seoul has been pushing to register “getbol,” or “Korean tidal flats” on the UNESCO’s world heritage list, with the final review set [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has recommended again tidal flats on the country’s southwestern coast as a candidate for UNESCO’s World Heritage listing in 2020, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Friday. It is the second time Seoul has nominated the 1,000-square-meter site consisting of the tidal flats in Seocheon in South Chungcheong [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An international organization on water management technology has registered two South Korean reservoirs as world heritage irrigation structures, local governments said Wednesday. The non-governmental International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) presented certificates on the registration of the Hapdeok Reservoir in the western coastal city of Dangjin and the [...]
JEJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Natural Heritage Department of Jeju Island stated on the August 21 that will operate a free shuttle bus service for foreign tourists. The service is part of a commemorative event in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Jeju’s appearance on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The shuttles [...]
JEJU, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Caves and geological features of volcanoes on Jeju Island will be put up as candidates for registration as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Jeju World Natural Heritage Center revealed on Tuesday, July 5, that it selected Geomunoreum’s upstream caves Utsanjeon, Bukoreum, Daerim, and Socheon Cave in Hallim-eup as candidates. For [...]
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 [...]