Countless cultural heritage of Korea that embodies the spirits of our ancestors has been illegally taken abroad through the Japanese Invasion in 1592 and the Japanese rule over the Korean Empire.
Overseas Korea Cultural Heritage Research Institute Corp. promotes national movements to retrieve Korea's cultural heritage for recovering our ownership of cultural assets and establishing Gyeongsangbuk-do Province's spirit and identity.
Strategy
  • Promote private and voluntary movements.
  • Build local/international networks to retrieve cultural heritage.
  • Promote to encourage civil participation.
Objective
  • Recover cultural ownership of Korea by retrieving cultural heritage.
Vision
  • Cherish the spirit of 5,000-year Korean culture and the identity of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.

Direction

  • National movements to regain Korea's cultural heritage
  • Investigation of Korea's cultural heritage possessed by museums or individuals abroad
  • Retrieval in cooperation with related organizations, such as Cultural Heritage Administration and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province
  • Fundraising for retrieving Korea's cultural heritage

Roles

  • Korea's cultural heritage retrieval and education of adolescents
  • Mid/long-term plans to retrieve Korea's cultural heritage
  • Development of policies related to retrieving Korea's cultural heritage
  • Local/international networks related to retrieving Korea's cultural heritage