Cultural Heritage Administration Investigates Non-Designated Cultural Properties in Gwangju, Jeonnam, and Jeju

Complete Survey and Build Database Next Year

On the 10th, Choi Eungcheon, the Commissioner of the Cultural Heritage Administration, is speaking at the integrated press conference for the 2022 World Heritage Festival held at the Plaza Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. / Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

On the 27th, the Cultural Heritage Administration announced that it is preparing a foundation to manage and utilize non-designated cultural heritage, which are future historical and cultural resources, as local heritage. This measure aims to move away from the focus on protecting major cultural properties and extend protection, management, and utilization to non-designated cultural heritage and historical cultural resources. This year and next, non-designated cultural heritage in Gwangju, Jeonnam, Jeju, Jeonbuk, Daejeon, and Sejong will be surveyed to secure approximately 60,000 future historical and cultural resources. Over the past three years, the Cultural Heritage Administration has examined 44,500 non-designated cultural heritage items in Daegu, Gyeongbuk, Gangwon, Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam, and Chungcheong. Most of these are buildings or historical sites at high risk of damage or loss. A Cultural Heritage Administration official stated, "Once the survey is completed, we plan to establish an integrated database managed by local governments and prepare the necessary legal grounds."