cultural heritage

Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration has confirmed the “Danwon High School 4·16 Archive” and “Suunjapbang and Eumsikdimibang,” a pair of 16th-century Korean cookbooks, as its nominees for the 2026 UNESCO Memory …

Korea will host the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan from July 19 to 29, 2026, marking the first time the country has hosted the annual …

Korea has formally submitted two new nominations for UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: “Ginseng Culture” and “Taekwondo Dojang Culture.” Filed on April 1, 2026, the …

Seoul’s biannual celebration of its royal heritage just had its biggest spring turnout ever. The 2026 Spring Royal Culture Festival, held across the city’s five grand palaces and Jongmyo Shrine …

Korea has two new candidates in its ongoing campaign to get its traditions formally recognized by UNESCO. The Korea Heritage Service submitted nomination files on April 1 for two separate …

On three nights in late April, forty people at a time sat in a Changdeokgung courtyard after dark and watched court musicians and dancers recreate a banquet that was never …

On the morning of June 23, ambassadors from 13 countries filed into a briefing room at Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, there for an update on a meeting …

Down by Namdaecheon Stream in Gangneung last week, the dress code wasn’t really enforced so much as rewarded: show up in hanbok and you got 10% off at the festival’s …