UNESCO Listings
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World Heritage Sites (cultural)
Baekje Historic Areas
Busosanseong Fortress and Gwanbuk-ri (Buyeo)
Gongsanseong Fortress (Gongju)
Jeongnimsa Temple (Buyeo)
Mireuksa Temple (Iksan)
Naseong City Wall (Buyeo)
Neungsan-ri Royal Tombs (Buyeo)
Songsan-ri Royal tombs (Gongju)
Wanggung-ri Palace (Iksan)
Bulguksa Temple and Seokguram Grotto
Bulguksa Temple (Gyeongju)
Seokguram Grotto (Gyeongju)
Gaya Tumuli
Daeseong-dong tumuli
Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong tumuli
Marisan tumuli
Okjeon tumuli
Songhak-dong tumuli
Yugok-ri and Durak-ri tumuli
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
Hwasun Dolmen Site
Ganghwa Dolmen Site
Hwangnyongsa Belt (Buddhist temples)
Mount Namsan Belt (Cheomseongdae, Gyerim woodland, pond and palace remains)
Sanseong Fortress Belt (defensive structures)
Tumuli Park Belt (royal tombs)
Wolseong Belt (Buddhist monuments, pre-Buddhist remains, tombs and more)
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
Yangdong Village
Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
Donggureung cluster (Guri)
Gwangneung cluster (Namyangju)
Heolleung cluster (Seoul)
Hongyureung cluster (Namyangju)
Jangneung cluster (Gimpo)
Jangneung cluster (Gimpo)
Jangneung cluster (Paju)
Jeongneung cluster (Seoul)
Olleung cluster (Yangju)
Pajusamreung cluster (Paju)
Sareung cluster (Namyangju)
Seolleung cluster (Seoul)
Seooreung cluster (Goyang)
Seosamreung cluster (Goyang)
Taereung cluster (Seoul)
Uireung cluster (Seoul)
Yeongneung cluster (Yeoju)
Yungneung cluster (Hwaseong)
Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea
Beopjusa (Boeun)
Bongjeongsa (Andong)
Buseoksa (Yeongju)
Daeheungsa (Haenam)
Magoksa (Gongju)
Seonamsa (Suncheon)
Tongdosa (Yangsan)
Seowon, Korea Neo-Confucian Academies
Byeongsan-seowon (Andong)
Dodong-seowon (Daegu)
Donam-seowon (Nonsan)
Dosan-seowon (Andong)
Museong-seowon (Jeongeup)
Namgye-seowon (Hamyang)
Oksan-seowon (Oksan)
Piram-seowon (Jangseong)
Sosu-seowon (Yeongju)
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Arirang, lyrical folk song of the Republic of Korea
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture
Falconry, living human heritage
Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeeunggut
Kimjang, making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea
Knowledge, beliefs and practices related to jang making in the Republic of Korea
Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea
Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music
Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art
Talchum, mask dance drama in the Republic of Korea
Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum)
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region
Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival in the Republic of Korea
Memory of the World
Donghak Peasant Revolution Archives
Donguibogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine
"Finding Dispersed Families" KBS Special Live Broadcast Archives
Gwangju Archives for the May 18th 1980 Democratic Uprising against Military Regime
Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections
Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi Documents
Korea Reforestation Archives: A reforestation model achieved through public-private governance
Mount Mugh document collection
Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin
National Debt Redemption Movement Archives
Saemaul Undong Archives (New Community Movement)
Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty
Seungjeongwon Ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat
Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scripture printing woodblocks