Changes in North Korea’s heritage law and policy in relation to Unesco World Heritage during Kim Jong-un’s regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12339938 |
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| Authors | Jihon Kim (0000-0003-4737-474X, Division of International Cooperation Programme, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Seoul, Republic of Korea), Myoung-Shin Kim (LG AI Research, ISC LG Science Park, Seoul, Republic of Korea, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 289-303 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10286632.2023.2184808 |
| OpenAlex | W4362581764 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
North Korea has recently changed its domestic legislation relating to cultural and natural heritage and has actively participated in relevant UNESCO conventions and programmes. Early North Korean heritage law in the 1990s focused on tangible cultural heritage only. However, since Kim Jong-un took power in 2012, it began to evolve to include intangible cultural heritage and natural heritage, accommodating relevant provisions of UNESCO conventions and programmes. This series of legal changes in the field of heritage under Kim Jong-un’s regime represents a significant attitudinal shift on the part of North Korea toward the international community. It reflects the regime’s strong will to join international conventions and programmes in a pragmatic manner, particularly in relation to tourism promotion utilizing UNESCO’s name. This paper analyses, in detail, the specific changes to provisions per heritage category, together with North Korea’s relevant activities. The implication of these changes to North Korean heritage law and policy leads to the expectation that the current tendency to seek out and value UNESCO designations will continue in the Kim Jong-un’s regime and the international cooperation of North Korea in the field will increase as well
Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Economics · Economy · International law · Legislation · Natural heritage · Political science · Power (physics · Tourism · Value (mathematics · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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