10 Local Governments United for 'Gaya Tumuli'... Hapcheon Okjeon Tumuli Cluster Signs Agreement to Promote 'World Heritage Registration'

Local governments aiming to register the Gaya Tumuli as a World Heritage site have signed a business agreement.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 4th that it held a business agreement signing ceremony on the 2nd at the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Office to promote the UNESCO inscription of the Gaya Tumuli to the public.

The signing ceremony was attended by 10 local governments related to the Gaya Tumuli (Gyeongnam Province, Jeonbuk Province, Gyeongbuk Province, Namwon City, Goryeong-gun, Gimhae City, Haman-gun, Goseong-gun, Changnyeong-gun, Hapcheon-gun), the Gaya Tumuli World Heritage Inscription Promotion Group, Monggo Food, and Happy Call.

The Gaya Tumuli is a serial heritage site consisting of seven tumulus groups: Okjeon Tumuli in Hapcheon, Gyeongnam; Daeseong-dong in Gimhae; Malsan in Haman; Gyodong and Songhyeon-dong in Changnyeong; Songhak-dong in Goseong; Yugok-ri and Durak-ri in Namwon, Jeonbuk; and Jisandong in Goryeong, Gyeongbuk. Ten local governments are joining forces to achieve the UNESCO World Heritage inscription of the Gaya Tumuli.

The seven Gaya Tumuli were registered on the tentative list of World Heritage in January 2019 and have been actively promoted since then. In September 2020, they were selected as the final candidate for inscription and submitted the application in 2021. UNESCO will decide on the inscription at the 46th World Heritage Committee meeting scheduled for June.

Promotional phrases such as “Wishing for the UNESCO World Heritage Inscription of the Gaya Tumuli,” along with photos of the Gaya Tumuli and logos of participating local governments, will be printed on products produced by local companies. This agreement is the second promotional business agreement following the one with the Busan Gyeongnam Milk Cooperative in July last year.

Moon Jun-hee, Mayor of Hapcheon-gun, said, “We will ensure that there are no setbacks in preparing for the UNESCO World Heritage inscription of the Okjeon Tumuli by fostering close cooperation between companies and local governments.”

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