South Korea's cultural heritage agency on Monday reacted sharply to a move by Seoul municipal authorities to allow high-rise ...

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- UNESCO has called on South Korea to take strong action over a high-rise redevelopment project near Seoul's Jongmyo Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, warning that the ...

The Korea Heritage Service (KHS) warned Monday that Seoul’s continued refusal to comply with UNESCO’s request to conduct a ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

A record 17.8 million people visited royal palaces, tombs and Jongmyo Shrine last year, officials said Monday, as public interest in traditional Korean culture continued to rise. The Royal Palaces and ...

The number of visitors last year to Seoul's four major royal palaces, royal tombs of the Joseon Dynasty and Jongmyo Shrine exceeded 17 million for the first time. The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center ...