World Heritage in North Korea

The world heritage in North Korea (as of 2016) includes two UNESCO world heritage sites , both of which are world cultural heritage sites. North Korea acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1998, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 2004. The last World Heritage Site in North Korea to date was registered in 2013.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North Korea in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

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image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Koguryo tombs	2004	K	1091	12 groups of tombs of the Goguryeo dynasty , the rulers of the kingdom of Goguryeo , which was the northernmost and largest of the three kingdoms of Korea in the 1st millennium AD .
(more pictures)	Historical monuments and sites of Kaesŏng	2013	K	1278	8 groups of historical monuments and sites in Kaesŏng , the capital of the medieval kingdom of Goryeo

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2016) five sites are entered in the tentative list of North Korea, the last entry was made in 2000. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

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image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Myohyang-san and the relics in and around the mountain	2000	K / N	1422	see Myohyang-san
	Historical relics of Pyongyang	2000	K	1424	see Pyongyang
	Kŭgangsan and the relics in and around the mountain	2000	K / N	1425	see Kŭmgangsan
	Caves in the Kujang area	2000	N	1426
	Chilbosan	2000	N	1427

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in North Korea  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• North Korea on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Korea. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 7, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of North Korea. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 7, 2017 . 

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