Reorganization of the Cultural Heritage Committee... Establishment of the Palace and Cultural Heritage Subcommittee and Increase of Twenty Members

New and Replacement Committee Members Account for 55%... 67% Are Experienced Experts
Maintaining Expertise While Filling with Young and Diverse Talent

The Cultural Heritage Committee, which investigates and deliberates on the preservation, management, and utilization of cultural heritage, has been newly formed. The Cultural Heritage Administration announced the list of the 30th Cultural Heritage Committee members and expert members on the 30th. The term of office is two years, from the 1st of next month to April 30, 2023.

The newly formed Cultural Heritage Committee has further strengthened its expertise and diversity. A new Palace and Royal Tomb Cultural Heritage Subcommittee, responsible for Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Joseon Royal Tombs, and others, was established, and the number of committee members was increased from eighty to 100. It was filled with young and diverse talents while maintaining expertise. The ratio of new and replaced members is 55%. Among them, twenty-one served as expert members in the previous term. The proportion of members with expert committee experience is 67%.

The Cultural Heritage Administration stated, "We recruited eight members in their 40s to achieve generational harmony, and appointed experts from private sectors such as tourism and utilization, as well as religious and media experts," adding, "We expect cultural heritage policies that meet the public’s expectations to emerge from various fields."

Established in 1962, the Cultural Heritage Committee is an advisory body to the Cultural Heritage Administration. It consists of nine subcommittees: architectural cultural heritage, movable cultural heritage, historic sites, natural monuments, buried cultural heritage, modern cultural heritage, folk cultural heritage, world heritage, and palace and royal tomb cultural heritage. It investigates and deliberates on major issues related to cultural heritage, such as designation and dismantling of nationally designated cultural heritage, changes to cultural heritage conditions, protection of historical and cultural environments, excavation of buried cultural heritage, and registration of world heritage sites.

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