'Korean Gaetbeol' UNESCO World Heritage Registration Ceremony Held in Sinan-gun

Receipt of World Heritage Listing Certificate for Shinan Mudflat Representing Korea

Cultural Heritage Administration Chief, Cheongwadae Cultural Secretary, and Diplomats from Six Countries in Korea Attend Celebration

A ceremony commemorating the inscription of the "Korean Tidal Flats" as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage was held at the lawn square inside the Sinan-gun government office. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 30th that it held a ceremony on the 27th at the lawn square inside the Sinan County Office to commemorate the inscription of the "Korean Tidal Flats" as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site.

On July 26, at the 44th World Heritage Committee meeting, the tidal flats of Sinan in Jeollanam-do, Boseong-Suncheon tidal flats, Gochang tidal flats in Jeollabuk-do, and Seocheon tidal flats in Chungnam were inscribed as the second World Natural Heritage site in Korea under the name "Korean Tidal Flats."

The ceremony was hosted by the Cultural Heritage Administration and organized by Jeollanam-do, Sinan County, and the World Heritage Promotion Team. Attendees included the Administrator of the Cultural Heritage Administration, the Blue House Cultural Secretary, participating local government heads, the Minister-Counselor of the Republic of Korea's UNESCO delegation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and diplomats from six countries residing in Korea, who celebrated the World Heritage inscription.

Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do, Sinan County, Suncheon City, Boseong County, Gochang County, and Seocheon County, who have worked together for the inscription of the Korean Tidal Flats as a World Heritage site, received the World Heritage inscription certificates.

Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, "The Korean Tidal Flats began its challenge for World Natural Heritage status in 2007 under the name Sinan Tidal Flats and achieved the inscription of the Korean Tidal Flats as a World Natural Heritage site in 2021. It has the largest area among tidal flat heritage sites, and as the initiator of the challenge for World Natural Heritage, we will continue to make great efforts to represent the Korean Tidal Flats in the conservation and management of tidal flats and the natural environment."

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