Traditional Korean wrestling listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage following unprecedented merged application from both Koreas

26 November 2018 – Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Port Louis (Mauritius), has decided to inscribe traditional Korean wrestling, ssirum ›››

Training Workshop on Community-Based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Elaborating Nomination Files under the Mechanisms of the 2003 UNESCO Convention

26 September 2018 – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

Organized by UNESCO Beijing Office, the Training Workshop on Community-Based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Elaborating Nomination Files under the Mechanisms of the ›››

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continues its safeguarding efforts

26 September 2018 – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

The Training Workshop on Community-Based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Elaborating Nomination Files under the Mechanisms of the 2003 UNESCO Convention, organized by the ›››

Strengthening networking on ICH and education in Northeast Asia

3 September 2018 – China, Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia,

A sub-regional meeting for ICH safeguarding in Northeast Asia was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 28 to 29 August 2018 on ‘ICH in Education: Towards Joint Collaboration f ›››

Northeast Asian countries discuss the role of the media in raising awareness about intangible cultural heritage

10 October 2016 – China, Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia,

Everything is ready to receive participants and guests for the second edition of dialogues on the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the ›››

Community-based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage gears up in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

29 August 2016 – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

Pyongyang is all set to host a four-day training workshop on Community-based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage from 29 August to 1 September 2016. This capacity-building workshop ›››

Training Workshop on Community-Based Inventorying of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

28 August 2016 – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

The training workshop was jointly organized by UNESCO Beijing Office, the National Authority for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (NAPCH), and the National Commission ›››

Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2 December 2015 – Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Greece, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam,

Windhoek, 2 December—The Committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage meeting in Namibia until 4 December inscribed today 20 new elements on the Representative List of t ›››

Awareness-raising on safeguarding intangible heritage for North Korean authorities

23 February 2011 – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

The ICH training workshop was organized from 23-25 February 2011. As trainers served B. Kaldun and a Chinese danceexpertand Vice-Director of the Institute of Dance, Mr ›››