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Jeju's fall calendar is packed with festivals and events

Jeju will host sports, cultural and international events throughout October as the island builds on its faster-than-ever rise past 10 million annual visitors.

2026.9.29

Gugak (Korean classical music) singer Ha Yun-ju peforms the theme song for the Baekje Historic Areas, as part of the 2023 World Heritage Festival, during a press conference in central Seoul on Wednesday. [CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION]

Heritage Festival's fourth edition to spotlight Baekje dynasty

The 2023 World Heritage Festival, now in its fourth year, is set to continue to celebrate and promote Korea’s heritage from July to October. Organized and hosted by the Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation...

2023.6.21

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Local reporters finally reach the exit of the Bwengdwigul Lava Tube last week after walking and crawling across a part of it, located closest to Geomunoreum where the volcano erupted and has the complex labyrinth of small lava tubes that stretch out like a spider web. [YIM SEUNG-HYE]

Jeju's lava tubes are opening for the World Heritage Festival after 2 years of cancellations

Jeju Island has been trying very hard to promote itself as the home to a very unique natural heritage — the volcanic lava tubes. The island has participated in the annual World Heritage Festival, which was launched in 2020 by the Cultural Heritage...

2022.8.28

This year's World Heritage Festival will kick off on Sept. 3 and stop at four different locations in the country. The picture shows choreographer Ahn Eun Mi, who will perform at Buseok Temple in Yeongju on Sept. 10 and 11. [YONHAP]

World Heritage Festival to take place from Sept. 3 to Oct. 22

The Cultural Heritage Administration announced Wednesday that this year’s World Heritage Festival, which is in its third edition, will take place from Sept. 3 to Oct. 22 in different cities across the country that boast Korea’s great heritages...

2022.8.10

Gongsanseong fortress in Gongju, South Chungcheong, is one of eight historic sites included in the 'Baekje Historic Areas,' which was inscribed on Unesco in 2015. [PARK JONG-KEUN]

Korea's lesser-known Baekje era finally comes into focus

Baekje (18 B.C. to A.D. 660) is one of the lesser-known eras from Korea's Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C. to A.D. 668). Compared to Goguryeo that secured a vast territory and Silla, which left behind a large volume of documents as a result ...

2021.8.17

Tag: world heritage festival

world heritage festival

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Jeju's fall calendar is packed with festivals and events

Heritage Festival's fourth edition to spotlight Baekje dynasty

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Jeju's lava tubes are opening for the World Heritage Festival after 2 years of cancellations

World Heritage Festival to take place from Sept. 3 to Oct. 22

Korea's lesser-known Baekje era finally comes into focus