Korea, Republic of

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1997 - 2003
• 2005 - 2009

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Samnyon (Fortress) Wall (1994)
• Tomb of King Munyong (1994)
• Kangjingun Kiln Sites (1994)
• Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve (1994)
• Hahoe Folk Village in Andong (1998)
• Yangdong Village of Wolseong (2002)
• Sites of fossilized dinosaurs throughout the Southern seacoast (2002)
• Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2006)

News

• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007
• Natural sites in Madagascar, China and Korea inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List Jun 27, 2007
• Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee Oct 10, 2005
• Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)" Apr 4, 2005

Events

• UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 16, 2005

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mr CHO Il-hwan
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to France, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Korean National Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.or.kr/eng/ (English) - http://www.unesco.or.kr (Korean)
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)