Busan City Promotes Information Advancement Project for Cultural Heritage Sites in Eastern Busan Area

Improving Information Accuracy and Establishing Rational Preservation Measures

Eight Districts and Counties in the Eastern Busan Area Conduct Detailed Indicator Survey

Busan City is promoting the ‘Eastern Busan Area Buried Cultural Heritage Site Information Advancement Project’ to improve the accuracy of information on buried cultural heritage sites and to establish reasonable preservation measures for cultural heritage.

Busan City Hall.

Buried cultural heritage refers to ‘cultural heritage buried underground,’ and a buried site area means ‘an area recognized as containing buried cultural heritage.’

When carrying out various development projects in buried site areas, it is required to investigate the presence or absence of buried cultural heritage before implementation according to the ‘Act on the Protection and Investigation of Buried Cultural Heritage.’ However, there are cases where projects are delayed or restricted due to cultural heritage investigations.

This project, part of the ‘Buried Cultural Heritage Site Information Advancement Project (2021?2025)’ implemented by the Cultural Heritage Administration through the National Participation Budget, is a project in which the national and local governments conduct cultural heritage surveys to provide accurate information about areas containing buried cultural heritage to the public.

The purpose is to minimize time and economic losses caused by cultural heritage investigations, alleviate inconveniences in land use for citizens, and prevent damage to buried cultural heritage.

Since April last year, the city has invested a budget of 780 million KRW, including national funds, to carry out the Western Busan Area (8 districts, 340㎢) Buried Cultural Heritage Site Information Advancement Project, and from May, an additional 850 million KRW (595 million KRW national funds, 255 million KRW city funds) will be spent to conduct a survey for the Eastern Busan Area (8 districts and counties, 430㎢).

By April next year, the city plans to complete the Buried Cultural Heritage Site Information Advancement Project for the entire Busan administrative area (770㎢).

Through this project, Busan City will update spatial information on buried cultural heritage sites from the prehistoric era to before the Korean War (1950) and disclose preservation measures along with the information to citizens.

The information can be accessed by anyone through the Cultural Heritage Administration’s Cultural Heritage Spatial Information Service (GIS) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Land Connect service.

Kim Ki-hwan, Director of the City’s Culture and Sports Bureau, stated, “Once the survey for the Eastern Busan Area is completed following the Western Busan Area last year, information and preservation measures for buried cultural heritage distributed throughout Busan City will be established, which is expected to improve the efficiency of cultural heritage preservation and management.”

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