Korea News Plus starts projects of improving signs at 40 graves
Beginning on May 17 this year, South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration will be renamed the Korea Heritage Service as a part of efforts to revamp the agency.
The outfit said that the name change was designed to provide better services to people. The term “national heritage” will be also used instead of “cultural properties.”
In time with the event, the Korea News Plus launches a campaign of reviewing signs of national heritage, particularly the 40 Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
The 40 graves of the monarchs and their consorts who ruled Joseon were inscribed in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites back in 2009.
However, some complained that their English-language signs were not good enough due to typos and errors.
As the Cultural Heritage Service plans to replace the old signs, the Korea News Plus plans to go through English-language signs at the 40 Royal Tombs to find typos and mistakes.
Then the report will be handed over to the Cultural Heritage Service so that the agency can refer to it before making new English-language signs.
Starbucks Korea and DGB Life Insurance took part in the project along with the Korea Heritage Service.