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  • Dolmens Offer Rare Glimpses into the Lives of Prehistoric Humans

    Dolmens epitomize the megalithic culture of the Bronze Age on the Korean Peninsula. They occur around the world from Northern and Western Europe, through the Mediterranean, and across Asia. However, nowhere else in the world shows the concentration of dolmens found in Korea. An estimated 40,000 dolmens were constructed here over the course of the 15,000 years from the 15th century BCE to around the start of the Common Era.

  • The Power of Hageul

    Allison is a recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics and Asian Language and Cultures with a special focus on Korean language and culture. She has studied the Korean language for 5 years and interned at the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) where she worked to help spread Korean culture and history to the world.

  • KOREAN HERITAGE meets with Ambassador Ismailova

    Any Korean who had a rare chance to visit Kyrgyzstan may have been surpirzed by locals that just might be your long lost sister. Korea and Kyrgystan share a common Ural-Altai roots, but we are still in our 'get to know' stage of the relationship. KOREAN HERITAGE had the honor of meeting Ambasaddor Aida Ismailova, who might know more about Korea than a Korean.

  • Talchum, Mask Dance Drama in the Republic of Korea

    Talchum is a performing art that encompasses dance, music, and theatre. An ensemble of six to ten musicians accompanies masked performers who sing and dance and exchange verbal interactions through theatrical movements. Originally created during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910), Korean mask dance dramas intrinsically entail anachronistic aspects of traditional Korean society, such as male dominance, a rigid social hierarchy, and references to the socially disadvantaged without due respect to the hardships they have endured.

  • First Working Committee Meeting for ASEAN-ROK Cultural Heritage Cooperation

    Cultural Heritage Administration hosted, with the support of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs, the Inauguration and the first Working Committee Meeting for ASEAN-ROK Cultural Heritage Cooperation from 10 to 11 November 2022 in Seoul. More than seventy people participated from nine ASEAN Member States (excluding Indonesia), Republic of Korea (ROK), ASEAN Secretariat, and domestic participants of ASEAN-related organizations in Korea. Korean Government, recognizing the importance of

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