YANGDONG, North Gyeongsang Province (Yonhap News) As Korea’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site, Yangdong Village is no kitsch folk village of recently built traditional homes cobbled together to give ...

Nestled 16 kilometers northeast of Gyeongju, Yangdong Village offers visitors a glimpse into the past where tiled-roof han ...

Yangdong Village in the historical city of Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, is packed with over 500 years of history, cultural heritage, national treasures and folklore. It was designated UNESCO ...

Hahoe Village (Important Folk Material No. 122) and Yangdong Village (Important Folk Material No. 189) have many things in common as both are clan communities and preserve Confucian values, situated ...

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 ...

The rich historical context they give us has led to their recognition by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites of cultural significance. From Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia’s oldest mining town, to South Korea's ...

Founded in the 14th-15th centuries, Hahoe and Yangdong are seen as the two most representative historic clan villages in the Republic of Korea. Their layout and location - sheltered by forested ...