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Inscription of additional South Korean tidal flats advances World Heritage Committee's collaborative initiatives

The committee's vision involves a transnational inscription encompassing the Yellow Sea's tidal flats, including those of China and North Korea, to protect an important habitat along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway for migratory birds.

2026.7.25

Sadujil is a traditional fishing technique unique to Baekmiri in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi. The tool is pushed and lifted up to catch not only small shrimp but also different types of fish. [KOREA CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION]

The residents of this getbol village are determined to keep their traditions alive

There are a number of getbol or tidal flats along the west and southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula. The vast mud flats that appear during low tides have long provided an important source of food and livelihoods for locals in the areas ...

2022.11.17

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Seocheon Getbol in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong, is one of four tidal flats known as getbol, in Korea, which have been officially inscribed as a Unesco World Natural Heritage on Monday evening. [CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION]

Korean tidal flats inscribed as Unesco world natural heritages

Four of Korea’s tidal flats known as getbol were officially inscribed as Unesco world natural heritages on Monday evening, becoming the second natural heritage in the country to be inscribed on the list. The World Heritage Committee decided to ...

2021.7.27

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Korean tidal flats inscribed as Unesco world natural heritages