Registration Requirements for Cultural Heritage Repair Businesses to Be Eased

Amendment to the Act on the Repair of Cultural Properties and Related Matters Effective from Today

The Cultural Heritage Administration announced that it has amended part of the "Act on the Repair of Cultural Heritage" to lower market entry barriers for cultural heritage repair contractors and promote related job creation, effective today (the 4th). The obligation to assign at least one cultural heritage repair technician when subcontracting part of the comprehensive cultural heritage repair business has been removed. An official explained, “This applies to subcontracting in fields included in the scope of comprehensive cultural heritage repair businesses, such as woodworking, stone masonry, beonwawa-gong (workers who dismantle or repair roof tiles), plastering, and ondol (traditional Korean floor heating) work.” They added, “By allowing subcontracting to be performed exclusively by specialists, opportunities for professional cultural heritage repair businesses, which had been limited in participation until now, will expand.” Previously, the Cultural Heritage Administration established plastering and ondol work as new categories within professional cultural heritage repair businesses. By enabling artisan groups to operate specialized cultural heritage repair businesses, it provided a foundation for the inheritance and revitalization of traditional work systems. The official also stated, “We plan to implement training to strengthen the capabilities of cultural heritage repair technicians.”

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