The Cultural Heritage Administration has a new listing on the national intangible heritage list: the traditional Korean alcoholic beverage makgeolli and its associated culture. It incorporates the skill of making this milky and lightly effervescent rice wine and the cultural...
The Cultural Heritage Administration plans to designate tteok making (떡만들기), Korean rice cake making, as National Intangible Cultural Heritage. The designation will recognize the making and sharing of Korean rice cakes as a traditional culture and way of life. Koreans...
Republic of Korea Inscribed in 2020 (15.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival, takes place throughout the Republic of Korea. As the eighth day of the fourth lunar month (Buddha’s birthday)...
The citizens of Jeonju are fully aware of the significance of intangible cultural heritage and its need for safeguarding. In particular, they have long recognized and emphasized its power as a resource for enhancing the social, economic, environmental, cultural conditions,...
The novel coronavirus fears have affected various sectors of the economy, politics, society, and culture. Notably, the cultural sector has been directly and substantially affected by the coronavirus crisis. Most of the public cultural facilities, including museums and art galleries,...
Ssireum, Beyond Division and Connecting the World, a special documentary on traditional Korean wrestling, won the Gold Remi Award in the TV Special Documentary category at the 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The film was co-produced by the National Intangible...
The National Intangible Heritage Center (NIHC) under the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea will hold the Mask Performance in Asia: Dance of Gods on 4 and 5 October 2019. The event will feature performances by traditional mask dancers from Thailand...
The 2019 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held from 10 to 12 October at the National Intangible Heritage Center (NIHC) in Jeonju, Republic of Korea. The forum is hosted by ICHCAP and organized by the NIHC. The...
An international seminar, entitled “Protecting the Past for the Future: Digital Documentation as One of the Imperative Tools for Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage,” took place on 20 July 2019 at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul. The seminar was...
The international seminar, Protecting the Past for the Future: Digital Documentation as One of the Imperative Tools for Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage, will take place on 20 July 2019 (Saturday) in Lecture room No.1, the National Museum of Korea, Seoul,...