Gaya Tumuli World Heritage Registration Task Force to Start Anew in Namwon from Next Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Nosik] The 'Gaya Tumuli World Heritage Registration Promotion Team (hereinafter referred to as the Promotion Team)' currently operating in Gyeongbuk will move to Namwon, Jeonbuk starting next year.

On the 30th, Namwon City announced that the Promotion Team, which is operated through a business agreement among 10 related local governments aiming to register seven Gaya tumuli including the Yugok-ri and Durak-ri tumuli as World Heritage, will carry out the World Heritage registration work for the tumuli in Namwon from next year.

The seven tumuli groups are Namwon Yugok-ri and Durak-ri tumuli, Goryeong Jisandong tumuli, Gimhae Daeseong-dong tumuli, Haman Malsan tumuli, Changnyeong Gyodong and Songhyeon-dong tumuli, Goseong Songhak-dong tumuli, and Hapcheon Okjeon tumuli.

The 10 local governments participating in the agreement include these basic local governments as well as Jeonbuk Province, Gyeongnam Province, and Gyeongbuk Province.

The Promotion Team, aiming for the Gaya Tumuli World Heritage registration in 2022, is composed of the Registration Promotion Committee, Advisory Committee, and Secretariat, and plans to continue the registration promotion work in Namwon for two years following Gyeongnam and Gyeongbuk.

The Promotion Team has been carrying out projects such as preparing the registration application, producing research materials and pictorial books, integrated conservation management plans, and operating resident participation programs. Next year, they plan to focus all efforts on the on-site inspection (scheduled for September), which is the most important factor for World Heritage registration.

Lee Hwan-joo, Mayor of Namwon, said, “Since the Promotion Team will carry out its work in Namwon, where the history of the Gimu Kingdom is alive, our city will strive to provide generous support so that the Gaya Tumuli, a representative relic of the Gaya period, can be recognized for its value and registered as a World Heritage site.”

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