Republic of Korea
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (15)
Cultural (13)
- Baekje Historic Areas (2015)
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex (1997)
- Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (2000)
- Gyeongju Historic Areas (2000)
- Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks (1995)
- Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (2010)
- Hwaseong Fortress (1997)
- Jongmyo Shrine (1995)
- Namhansanseong (2014)
- Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2009)
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (2018)
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (1995)
- Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies (2019)
Natural (2)
Sites on the Tentative List (12)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
- Kangjingun Kiln Sites (1994)
- Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve (1994)
- Sites of fossilized dinosaurs throughout the Southern seacoast (2002)
- Salterns (2010)
- Daegokcheon Stream Petroglyphs (2010)
- Ancient Mountain Fortresses in Central Korea (2010)
- Upo Wetland (2011)
- Naganeupseong, Town Fortress and Village (2011)
- Oeam Village (2011)
- Seoul City Wall (2012)
- Danube Limes added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List closing this year’s inscriptions 30-Jul-2021
- Four natural and three cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List 26-Jul-2021
- The Republic of Korea Pledges 6 million USD for World Heritage-related activities in Asia and the Pacific 24-Mar-2021
- Seven more cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List 06-Jul-2019
- Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List 30-Jun-2018
- 5th Meeting of Coordinating Committee on the serial transnational World Heritage nomination of the Silk Roads 03-Dec-2018-07-Dec-2018
- Inter-Regional Workshop “World Heritage and Sustainable Development: The Role of Local Communities” 23-Nov-2017-24-Nov-2017
- 4th Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination Coordinating Committee Meeting 24-Nov-2015-26-Nov-2015
- 1st Regional Conference of the OWHC’s Regional Secretariat for Asia-Pacific 24-Sep-2014-26-Sep-2014
- Forum on Asian Buddhist Heritage: Conserving the Sacred (2013) 04-Dec-2013-06-Dec-2013
Republic of Korea
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Wednesday, 14 September 1988
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