Andong City Deploys Security Guards at 10 Wooden Cultural Heritage Sites ... Hires 40 with Firefighting Certifications

Andong City will select 40 security personnel for important wooden cultural properties to maintain and efficiently manage the safety of these properties in 2021, and will assign them to 10 cultural heritage sites starting January 1, 2021. / Andong City

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Andong City in Gyeongbuk announced on the 28th that it will select 40 security personnel to maintain and efficiently manage the safety of important wooden cultural properties and deploy them to 10 cultural heritage sites starting January 1st next year.

The 40 selected safety security personnel will be filled with individuals holding fire safety-related certifications.

They will be organized into four teams and assigned to 10 important wooden cultural properties, including the Hahoe Village (3 sites), Bongjeongsa Temple, Byeongsan Seowon, Dosan Seowon, as well as Gaemoksa Temple, Sohoheon, Uiseong Kim Clan Ancestral House, and Imcheonggak, all of which are registered as World Heritage sites.

The safety security for important wooden cultural properties has been implemented since 2009 under the supervision of the Cultural Heritage Administration following the fire at Sungnyemun Gate, Korea's National Treasure No. 1, in Seoul in 2008.

An official from Andong City stated, "Among the 328 nationally and provincially designated cultural properties in the Andong area, about 190 are wooden cultural properties, the highest number in the country," adding, "We will actively strive to create jobs for local residents while nurturing and preserving these precious cultural heritages."

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